About The Word Enemy
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Enemy
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What's The Definition Of Enemy?
[n] any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
[n] an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn" [n] an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [n] a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" Synonyms | Synonyms for Enemy: foe | foeman | opposition Related Terms | Find terms related to Enemy: adversary | adversative | adverse | aggressive | alien | antagonist | antagonistic | anti | antipathetic | antithetic | archenemy | assailant | attacker | battling | bellicose | belligerent | bitter enemy | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | chauvinist | chauvinistic | clashing | combatant | combative | competitive | competitor | con | conflicting | contender | contentious | contestant | contradictory | contrary | counter | cross | devil | disaccordant | dissentient | emulator | ferocious | fierce | fighting | foe | foeman | fractious | full of fight | hawkish | hostile | inimical | invader | jingo | jingoish | jingoist | jingoistic | martial | militant | militaristic | military | negative | noncooperative | obstinate | offensive | open enemy | opponent | opposed | opposing | opposing party | opposite | opposite camp | oppositional | oppositive | oppugnant | overthwart | perverse | public enemy | pugnacious | quarrelsome | recalcitrant | refractory | repugnant | rival | saber-rattling | sanguinary | sanguineous | savage | scrappy | soldierlike | soldierly | sworn enemy | the loyal opposition | the opposition | the other side | trigger-happy | truculent | uncooperative | unfavorable | unfriendly | unpacific | unpeaceable | unpeaceful | unpropitious | warlike | warmongering | warring See Also | adversary | antagonist | besieger | challenger | competition | competitor | contender | enemy | enemy | foe | foeman | force | military force | military group | military unit | mortal enemy | opponent | opposer | opposition | people | resister | rival Enemy In Webster's Dictionary \En"e*my\, n.; pl. {Enemies}. [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from
L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See {Amicable}.]
One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or
attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an
enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.
To all good he enemy was still. --Spenser.
I say unto you, Love your enemies. --Matt. v. 44.
{The enemy} (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is
construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular
or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we
have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
It was difficult in such a country to track the
enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Foe; antagonist; opponent. See {Adversary}.
\En"e*my\, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.] They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. --Jer. Taylor. |
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