Definitions for enmity
ˈɛn mɪ tien·mi·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hostility, enmity, antagonismnoun

   a state of deep-seated ill-will

2. hostility, enmity, ill willnoun

   the feeling of a hostile person

   "he could no longer contain his hostility"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. enmitynoun

   The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

2. enmitynoun

   A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Enmitynoun

   Etymology: from enemy; as if enemity, inamity.

   1. Unfriendly disposition; malevolence; aversion.

   Their being forced to their books, in an age at enmity with all restraint, has been the reason why many have hated books. John Locke.

   2. Contrariety of interests or inclinations; mutual malignity.

   They shall within this hour,
   On a dissension of a doit, break out
   In bitterest enmity. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Between thee and the woman I will put
   Enmity; and between thine and her seed:
   Her seed shall bruise thy head, thou bruise his heel. John Milton.

   How far these controversies, and appearing enmities of those glorious creatures, may be carried, is not my business to shew or determine. John Dryden, Juven. Dedication.

   3. State of opposition.

   Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Jam. iv. 4.

   You must firmly be convinced, that every sin you commit sets you at enmity with heaven, and will, if not forsaken, render you incapable of it. William Wake, Preparation for Death.

   4. Malice; mischievous attempts.

   I abjure all roofs, and chuse
   To wage against the enmity o’ th’ air. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   He who performs his duty in a station of great power, must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enmity

   An enemy or a foe is an individual or a group that is considered as forcefully adverse or threatening. The concept of an enemy has been observed to be "basic for both individuals and communities". The term "enemy" serves the social function of designating a particular entity as a threat, thereby invoking an intense emotional response to that entity. The state of being or having an enemy is enmity, foehood or foeship.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. Enmitynoun

   the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition

2. Enmitynoun

   a state of opposition; hostility

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Enmity

   en′mi-ti, n. the quality of being an enemy: unfriendliness: ill-will: hostility. [O. Fr. enemistié—L. inimicus. See Enemy.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of enmity in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of enmity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of enmity in a Sentence

1. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   The purpose of writing is not to commend the flaws and imperfections in life. We do not write to encourage enmity or to instigate evil. We want to promote writing not as self-expression, but to minimize life's imperfections.

2. Clifford Villanueva Villalon:

   The purpose of writing is not to commend the flaws and imperfections in life. We do not write to encourage enmity or to instigate evil. We want to promote writing not as self-expression, but to minimize life's imperfections.

3. Hafiz Saeed:

   The U.S. stands with India in their enmity towards Pakistan, we want to request the army chief and make the air chief realize that it is their duty to shoot down any drone that comes into Pakistan and respond to it in kind.

4. Islam Minister Farrakhan:

   He lived the gang life, but he didn't stay there, sometimes when you can fly above the circumstances of your life, it produce envy and enmity and jealousy among those who have not learned how to fly, but Samuel Asghedom was more than a hip-hop artist. He was a voice and brilliant mind, and the spirit of God was in his life.

5. Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh:

   Iran has no plans to leave OPEC...and regrets that some members of OPEC have turned this organization into a political forum for confronting two founding members of OPEC, meaning Iran and Venezuela, and two regional countries are showing enmity toward us in this organization. We are not their enemy but they are showing enmity toward us...and (they) use oil as a weapon against us in the global market and world.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=enmity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Enmity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=enmity
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enmity
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enmity
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=enmity