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/ˈɛnməti/ /ˈɛnmɪti/ Listen

noun

Enmity n. (pl. enmities)

The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. "No ground of enmity between us known."

A state of opposition; hostility. "The friendship of the world is enmity with God."

Synonyms: Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See Animosity, Rancor.

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Etymology of 'Enmity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enmity" Quotes from Famous Books

... so much that her progress was very slow. The English now wished for more wind, for every moment might be of vital consequence to their late enemies. Not a man on board felt the least enmity towards them; even the wounded and dying when told of their condition looked on them as brothers ...

— Paul Gerrard - The Cabin Boy • W.H.G. Kingston

... They do not willingly approach persons; but, if they chance to meet any in their course, they do not show any particular anxiety to escape. They view the human race rather objects of curiosity, than either of apprehension or enmity. The natives who reside near the Ranochitty and Katcunsandy passes, in which vicinity the 'dholes' may frequently be seen, describe them as confining their attacks entirely to wild animals, and ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

... is quite stainless, or quite stained, can afford to hold their enemies in calm indifference, and although Mark never knew how old Mr. Humpage's enmity was destined to affect him, it was not without ...

— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey

... that never ceased where the white and the black races came together! The old savage folly and the new freedom! The old ignorance, the old lack of understanding, and the new restlessness, the new enmity! ...

— Virginia • Ellen Glasgow

... line of conduct, she left me in peace. I only saw Ivan Kouzmitch when military duties brought us in contact. I had only rare interviews with Chvabrine, whom I disliked the more that I thought I perceived in him a secret enmity, which confirmed all the more my suspicions. Life became a burden to me. I gave myself up, a prey to dark melancholy, which was further fed by loneliness and inaction. My love burnt the more hotly for my enforced quiet, and tormented me more and more. I lost all liking for reading and literature. ...

— The Daughter of the Commandant • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

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