enmity
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enmity
- /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/ UK
- /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/ UK, proscribed
- /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/ US
- /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/ US, proscribed
Where it comes from
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.
noun enmities
- The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition. 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.
- 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.
Similar: animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, enemyhood, enemyness, enemyship, fiendship, foeship, hostility, rancor · Opposite: amity
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: antagonism, hostility, ill will, hostile, enemy, animosity, ill-will, hatred, hate, loathing, discord, disharmony, feud, resentment, contention, rivalry
Translations
Every language
noun hostile or unfriendly disposition
| Español | enemistad, inimicicia, desamistad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 적의 jeogui, 적대 jeokdae |
| 日本語 | 敵意 tekii, 敵対 tekitai |
| 中文 | 敵意 /敌意 díyì |
| हिन्दी | घृणा ghŕṇā, विद्वेष vidveṣ, वैर vair, शत्रुता śatrutā, बैर bair |
| Kiswahili | uadui |
| Português | inimizade |
| Français | inimitié |
| Deutsch | Feindschaft |
| Italiano | inimicizia, nimistà, ostilità |
| Ελληνικά | εχθρότητα echthrótita, έχθρα échthra, μύνις mýnis |
| Română | dușmănie, inimiciție |
| Русский | вражде́бность vraždébnostʹ, вражда́ vraždá, неприя́знь neprijáznʹ, неприя́тие neprijátije |
| العربية | عَدَاوَة ʕadāwa |
| עברית | אֵיבָה eyvá |
Talk about this word "enmity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/enmity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. enmity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/enmity "enmity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/enmity.Cite this
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title = {enmity},
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