Enmity

  • 11enmity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English enmite, from Anglo French enemité, enemisté, from enemi enemy Date: 13th century positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will Synonyms: enmity, hostility, antipathy, antagonism, animosity …

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  • 12Enmity —    Deep rooted hatred. I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed (Gen. 3:15). The friendship of the world is enmity with God (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15, 16). The carnal mind is enmity against God (Rom. 8:7). By the… …

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  • 13enmity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hostility, unfriendliness, antagonism, opposition, hate, ill will; grudge, rancor, anger, spite, animus, animosity, dislike, antipathy; feud, vendetta. Ant., friendship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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  • 14enmity — en|mi|ty [ˈenmıti] n plural enmities [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: enemisté, from enemi; ENEMY] formal a feeling of hatred towards someone enmity between/towards ▪ the enmity between the two communities …

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  • 15enmity — [[t]e̱nmɪti[/t]] enmities N VAR: usu with supp, oft N between pl n Enmity is a feeling of hatred towards someone that lasts for a long time. I think there is an historic enmity between them... President Mitterrand arrived in Hanoi yesterday to… …

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  • 16enmity — noun /ˈɛnmɪtɪ/ a) The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both… …

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  • 17enmity — noun (C, U) formal the feeling of hatred or anger towards someone: We must try to remove the causes of distrust and enmity between the two communities …

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  • 18enmity — noun a world free from enmity between nations and races Syn: hostility, animosity, antagonism, friction, antipathy, animus, acrimony, bitterness, rancor, resentment, aversion, ill feeling, bad feeling, ill will, bad blood, hatred, hate, loathing …

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  • 19enmity —   Inaina. To feel enmity, hō enemi, enemi …

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  • 20enmity — /en mi tee/, n., pl. enmities. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. [1250 1300; ME enemite < MF; OF enemiste < VL *inimicitat (s. of *inimicitas), equiv. to L inimic(us) ENEMY + itat ITY] Syn. malice,&#8230; …

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