What does enemy mean?
Definitions for enemy
ˈɛn ə mien·e·my
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word enemy.
Princeton's WordNet
enemynoun
an opposing military force
"the enemy attacked at dawn"
enemy, foe, foeman, oppositionnoun
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
"a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
enemynoun
any hostile group of people
"he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
foe, enemynoun
a personal enemy
"they had been political foes for years"
Wiktionary
enemynoun
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
enemynoun
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
rally together against a common enemy.
enemynoun
An alliance of such forces.
enemyadjective
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
Etymology: From enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from inimicus, from in- + amicus
Webster Dictionary
Enemynoun
one hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood
Enemyadjective
hostile; inimical
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Enemy
en′e-mi, n. one who hates or dislikes: a foe: a hostile army.—adj. (obs.) hostile.—How goes the enemy? (slang) what o'clock is it?—The Enemy, The old Enemy, the Devil; The last enemy, death. [O. Fr. enemi (mod. Fr. ennemi)—L. inimicus—in, neg., amicus, a friend.]
Enemy
a prov. form of anemone.
The Roycroft Dictionary
enemy
1. A counter-irritant of which you must get a few, or it's you for fatty degeneration of the cerebrum. 2. The friend who stings you into action. 3. Any one who tells the truth about you.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
enemy
The power or people against whom war is waged.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
enemy
In military language, the opposing force; as, “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”
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Rank popularity for the word 'enemy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2903
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Rank popularity for the word 'enemy' in Nouns Frequency: #940
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enemy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enemy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of enemy in a Sentence
A truthful enemy is better than a deceitful friend.
How I describe it is, you're going off to war and you're in a battlefield where supplies are limited. The help's slow to get to you and there's lots of casualties and... you can't see the enemy, we would hope that CMS would judge us in light of an unprecedented global pandemic that happened to us, not because of us.
Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone.
The president is trying to destroy our news organizations, find me when Nixon, a criminal president, actually used the word ‘ enemy ’ to describe us in public. Even Nixon knew not to go that far.
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- العدوArabic
- nepřítelCzech
- fjendeDanish
- FeindGerman
- εχθρόςGreek
- malamikoEsperanto
- enemigoSpanish
- دشمنPersian
- vihollinenFinnish
- ennemiFrench
- namhaidIrish
- ellenségHungarian
- musuhIndonesian
- nemicoItalian
- אוֹיֵבHebrew
- 敵Japanese
- 적Korean
- inimicusLatin
- vijandDutch
- fiendeNorwegian
- wrógPolish
- inimigoPortuguese
- dusmanRomanian
- врагRussian
- fiendensSwedish
- எதிரிTamil
- ศัตรูThai
- düşmanTurkish
- ворогаUkrainian
- دشمنUrdu
- kẻ thùVietnamese
- שונאYiddish
- 敌人Chinese
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