enmity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation, proscribed)
- /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/ (General-American, proscribed)
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- /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Italic *amāō Latin amō Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Latin amīcus Latin inimīcus Vulgar Latin *inimicitas Old French enemistébor. Middle English enemyte English enmity 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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being an enemy; a 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 both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 242e: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.
1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 14:
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(countable, uncountable) A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:Maybe only a system that can contain the deep enmity between people who spell the metal aluminum and those who spell it aluminium is up to the task of preserving our fragile democratic institutions.
2018 August 7, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Wikipedia, the Last Bastion of Shared Reality”, in The Atlantic:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enmities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Synonyms
enemyness · hostility · fiendship · antipathy · enemyhood · enemyship · antagonism · foeship · animus · animosity · rancor
Translations (120)
bn শত্রুতা (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · kk ғадауат (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ru неприя́тие (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ps دښمني (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · nl animositeit (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · sq armiqësi (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · it ostilità (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ug دۈشمەنلىك (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tr yağılık (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · bg вражда́ (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · grc ἔχθρα (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · uk ворожне́ча (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tr düşmanlık (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ca enemistat (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · sh neprijatèljstvo (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · arz عداوة (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ky душмандык (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · sl sovrȃštvo (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · kk дұшпандық (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · sw uadui (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · pt inimizade (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · da fjendskab (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · cs nepřátelství (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · kk қастық (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ml ശത്രുത (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · txb sanuññe (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · mn дайсагнал (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · uz adovat (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ru вражде́бность (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · fa-ira دُشْمَنی (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · cu вражьда (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · uz dushmanlik (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · sk nepriateľstvo (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · el έχθρα (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · el εχθρότητα (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · az düşmənçilik (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · hi घृणा (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ar عَدَاوَة (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · fr inimitié (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · lv ienaids (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · hi वैर (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · hy թշնամություն (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ur دُشْمَنی (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · gl inimizade (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · et vaenulikkus (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · sv fiendskap (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · uk воро́жість (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · uk непри́язнь (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tg душманӣ (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ps عداوت (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · hi बैर (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tr adavet (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · nb fiendskap (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ur عَداوَت (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ky кастык (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ko 적의 (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · es desamistad (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · fa-ira عَداوَت (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tr hasımlık (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · lt priešiškumas (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ja 敵意 (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ko 적대 (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ms permusuhan (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · el μύνις (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · he אֵיבָה (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · es inimicicia (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · te శత్రుత్వము (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ro inimiciție (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · scn nimicizzia (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · mi ito (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · bg вражде́бност (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · hi शत्रुता (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · mt għadwa (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ang nīþ (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · uk ворожда́ (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ka მტრობა (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · pl wrogość (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · txb wer (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ang fǣhþ (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · mk непријателство (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · it nimistà (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · mn ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤᠩᠨᠠᠯ (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · be варо́жасць (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tk duşmançylyk (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · it inimicizia (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · enm enemyte (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · hu viszály (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · bg неприя́зън (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · nl vijandschap (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tr husumet (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · fa-ira خُصومَت (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · got 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · scn nimistà (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · la inimicitia (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · kmr dijminatî (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · es enemistad (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tpi pasin birua (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · az ədavət (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · cmn 敵意 /敌意 (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · be варажне́ча (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ru неприя́знь (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ro dușmănie (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · de Feindschaft (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · nrf enn'mité (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tt дошманлык (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · is fjandskapur (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · be непрыя́знасьць (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · pl nieprzyjaźń (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ja 敵対 (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tg хусумат (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · be варо́жасьць (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · eo malamikeco (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · fi vihamielisyys (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · sh непријатѐљство (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · hi विद्वेष (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · be непрыя́знасць (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · kmr neyarî (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · ru вражда́ (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · tg адоват (hostile or unfriendly disposition) · mi pukuriri (hostile or unfriendly disposition)