Enmity

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈɛnmɪtɪ/
• US IPA: /'É›nmɪtiː/

Alternative forms

Origin

From Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin *inimīcitās, *inimīcitātem, from Latin inimīcus ("enemy"); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad.

Full definition of enmity

Noun

1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
• 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. .Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
2. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
• Orwell Animal Farm|1I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.

Synonyms

• enemyship, hostility, enemyhood, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus

Antonyms

• amity