Thesaurus: enmity
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
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Definitions
- n. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
- n. A state of opposition; hostility.
- n. a state of deep-seated ill-will
- n. the feeling of a hostile person
- 1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. No ground of enmity between us known. Milton. 2. A state of opposition; hostility. 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.
- n:100 n a state of deep-seated ill-will n the feeling of a hostile person