English Explanatory Dictionary

enmity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
  2. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/ /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/ en-us-enmity.ogg /ˈɛn(ɨ)mɪʈi/

Word forms

enmity enmities

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₃émh₃ti Proto-Italic *amō 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”); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad. Equivalent to enemy + -ity.

Synonyms

animosity animus antagonism antipathy enemyhood enemyness enemyship fiendship foeship hostility rancor

Antonyms

amity

Derived words

archenmity nonenmity
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