/ˈɛn.ə.mi/, /ˈɛn.ɪ.mi/
OriginFrom Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning. Doublet of inimic.
- Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
“under enemy duress”
“He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.”
“You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.”
- A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
“Rally together against a common enemy.”
- Something harmful or threatening to another
“The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy. Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab ne”
- attributiveOf, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
“The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.”
- A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
“Use gadgets like Nakishkas to fend off enemies.”
- To make an enemy of.
“These prelates and nobles, seeing themselves dispossessed by the death of this king don Alfonso, to whom they had adhered, and enemied with the king don Enrique his brother, whom they had deserted, we”
“But rather the life He has lived People he met Befriended and enemied”
“Bureaucracy and wider features of a division of labor also facilitates the “othering” and “enemying” associated with systemic violence and makes possible the professionalization of atrocity.”
Formsenemies(plural) · enemie(alternative, obsolete) · enemies(present, singular, third-person) · enemying(participle, present) · enemied(participle, past) · enemied(past)