enemy
English
Alternative forms
- enemie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English feend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛnəmi/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: en‧e‧my
Noun
enemy (plural enemies)
- Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy!
- A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
- rally together against a common enemy.
- An alliance of such forces.
- Something harmful or threatening to another
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- The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy. Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- archenemy
- class enemy
- enemydom
- enemyful
- enemyhood
- enemyish
- enemyless
- enemylike
- enemy line
- enemyness
- enemyship
- enemywise
- public enemy
Related terms
Translations
someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else
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a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation
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an alliance of hostile forces
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Adjective
enemy (comparative more enemy, superlative most enemy)
- of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
Translations
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
See also
Old French
Noun
enemy m (oblique plural enemys, nominative singular enemys, nominative plural enemy)
- Alternative form of enemi
Descendants
- English: enemy
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