About The Word Enmity

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Enmity

Enmity Meaning & Definition
Enmity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Enmity?

[n] the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
[n] a state of deep-seated ill-will

Synonyms | Synonyms for Enmity: antagonism | hostility | hostility | ill will

Related Terms | Find terms related to Enmity: abhorrence | abomination | alienation | allergy | altercation | animosity | animus | antagonism | antipathy | argument | aversion | bad blood | bickering | bitterness | cat-and-dog life | clash | clashing | cold sweat | collision | combat | competition | conflict | contention | contentiousness | contest | contestation | contrariety | contrariness | controversy | creeping flesh | cross-purposes | cut and thrust | daggers | dead set | debate | detestation | disaccord | disaffection | disaffinity | discord | discordance | discordancy | Discordia | disgust | disharmony | dislike | disputation | dispute | dissension | Eris | estrangement | fighting | fractiousness | friction | gall | hate | hatred | horror | hostility | ill will | incompatibility | incompatibleness | inharmoniousness | inharmony | inimicalness | jangle | jar | Kilkenny cats | litigation | loathing | logomachy | malevolence | malice | malignancy | malignity | mischief | mortal horror | nausea | negativeness | noncooperation | obstinacy | open conflict | oppugnancy | paper war | perverseness | polemic | quarrel | quarreling | quarrelsomeness | rancor | recalcitrance | refractoriness | repugnance | repulsion | rivalry | rub | scrapping | shuddering | spite | spleen | squabbling | strained relations | strife | struggle | tension | uncooperativeness | uncordiality | unfriendliness | unharmoniousness | unpleasantness | vying | war | war of words | warfare | words | wrangling

See Also | aggression | aggressiveness | animosity | animus | antagonism | bad blood | belligerence | belligerency | bitterness | class feeling | gall | hate | hatred | latent hostility | rancor | rancour | resentment | state | state of war | suspicion | tension | war

Enmity In Webster's Dictionary

\En"mi*ty\, n.; pl. {Enmities}. [OE. enemyte, fr. enemy: cf. F. inimiti['e], OF. enemisti['e]. See {Enemy}, and cf. {Amity}.] 1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. No ground of enmity between us known. --Milton. 2. A state of opposition; hostility. The friendship of the world is enmity with God. --James iv. 4. Syn: Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See {Animosity}, {Rancor}.

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