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enemy
[ en-uh-mee ]
noun
- a person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- an armed foe; an opposing military force:
The army attacked the enemy at dawn.
Antonyms:
- a hostile nation or state.
- a citizen of such a state.
- enemies, persons, nations, etc., that are hostile to one another:
Let's make up and stop being enemies.
- something harmful or prejudicial:
His unbridled ambition is his worst enemy.
- the Enemy, the Devil; Satan.
adjective
- belonging to a hostile power or to any of its nationals:
enemy property.
- Obsolete. inimical; ill-disposed.
enemy
/ ˈɛ²ÔÉ™³¾Éª /
noun
- a person hostile or opposed to a policy, cause, person, or group, esp one who actively tries to do damage; opponent
- an armed adversary; opposing military force
- ( as modifier )
enemy aircraft
- a hostile nation or people
- ( as modifier )
an enemy alien
- something that harms or opposes; adversary
courage is the enemy of failure
Grammar Note
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of enemy1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Selling off farm equipment isn’t enough; it’s also difficult to keep a new job at another family’s dairy when the boss’ sons are your after-hours enemies, quick to fight at the slightest provocation.
“That was my enemy back in the day.â€
Worse yet, President Richard M. Nixon included Lennon on his infamous enemies list.
Since he took power, Israel's military has repeatedly pounded Syrian weapons stores, airfields and other military sites left by the former regime, to avoid them falling into enemy hands, it says.
The signs include “identification of enemies as a unifying cause,†“controlled mass media,†“corporate power protected,†“labor power suppressed,†“disdain for intellectuals and the arts,†“obsession with crime and punishment,â€and “rampant cronyism & corruption.â€
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