enmity

CEFRC2

/ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Strong hatred or lasting hostility between people or groups.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

Examples

  • The incident earned Dan the enmity of his boss.

  • By love alone is enmity allayed.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.

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In context

  • Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.

  • We know from their literature that to our Saxon ancestors waste places of moor and forest and marshes were the resort of a host of supernatural creatures at enmity with mankind.

  • I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English enemyte, from Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *inimīcitās, *inimīcitātem, from Latin inimīcus (“enemy”). Cognate with French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad. By surface analysis, en(e)m(y) + -ity.