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English

Etymology

From Old French enemistié (modern inimitié), from Vulgar Latin *inimicitia, from Latin inimicus ‘enemy’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɛnmɪti/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-enmity.ogg

Noun

The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|242e.
*: 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.
A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

Quotations

{{RQ:Authorized Version|Genesis|3|15}}
: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Synonyms

hostility, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus

Translations

Albanian: armiqësi
Dutch: vijandshap
French: inimitié
Portuguese: inimizade

Romanian: duşmănie
Old English: fæhþ|fǣhþ

References

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Enmity \En"mi*ty\, n.; pl. Enmities. [OE. enemyte, fr. enemy:
cf. F. inimiti['e], OF. enemisti['e]. See Enemy, and cf.
Amity.]
1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly
disposition.
[1913 Webster]

No ground of enmity between us known. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

2. A state of opposition; hostility.
[1913 Webster]

The friendship of the world is enmity with God.
--James iv. 4.

Syn: Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy;
repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence.
See Animosity, Rancor.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet enmity
n 1: a state of deep-seated ill-will [syn: hostility, antagonism]
2: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain
his hostility" [syn: hostility, ill will]

Moby Dictionary
Discordia , Eris , Kilkenny cats , abhorrence , abomination ,
alienation , allergy , altercation , animosity , animus , antagonism ,
antipathy , argument , aversion , bad blood , bickering , bitterness ,
cat-and-dog life , clash , clashing , cold sweat , collision , combat ,
competition , conflict , contention , contentiousness , contest ,
contestation , contrariety , contrariness , controversy ,
creeping flesh , cross-purposes , cut and thrust , daggers , dead set ,
debate , detestation , disaccord , disaffection , disaffinity , discord ,
discordance , discordancy , disgust , disharmony , dislike ,
disputation , dispute , dissension , estrangement , fighting ,
fractiousness , friction , gall , hate , hatred , horror , hostility ,
ill will , incompatibility , incompatibleness , inharmoniousness ,
inharmony , inimicalness , jangle , jar , litigation , loathing ,
logomachy , malevolence , malice , malignancy , malignity , mischief ,
mortal horror , nausea , negativeness , noncooperation , obstinacy ,
open conflict , oppugnancy , paper war , perverseness , polemic ,
quarrel , quarreling , quarrelsomeness , rancor , recalcitrance ,
refractoriness , repugnance , repulsion , rivalry , rub , scrapping ,
shuddering , spite , spleen , squabbling , strained relations , strife ,
struggle , tension , uncooperativeness , uncordiality , unfriendliness ,
unharmoniousness , unpleasantness , vying , war , war of words ,
warfare , words , wrangling

Enmity deep-rooted hatred. "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed" (Gen. 3:15). The friendship of the world is "enmity with God" (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15, 16). The "carnal mind" is "enmity against God" (Rom. 8:7). By the abrogation of the Mosaic institutes the "enmity" between Jew and Gentile is removed. They are reconciled, are "made one" (Eph. 2:15, 16).