enmity
noun/ˈenməti/
/ˈenməti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural enmities)
- feelings of hate towards somebody
- Personal enmities and political conflicts have soured relations within the department.
- Her action earned her the enmity of two or three colleagues.
- enmity between A and B the traditional problem of the enmity between Protestants and Catholics
Extra Examples- his enmity towards the Church
- the fierce enmity between the two groups
- Their families' traditional enmity made marriage impossible.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bitter
- age-old
- lasting
- …
- earn (somebody)
- incur
- put aside
- …
- enmity between
- enmity towards/toward
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French enemi(s)tie, based on Latin inimicus, from in- ‘not’ + amicus ‘friend’.
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