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
enemy(noun)
an opposing military force
"the enemy attacked at dawn"
enemy, foe, foeman, opposition(noun)
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
"a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
enemy(noun)
any hostile group of people
"he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
foe, enemy(noun)
a personal enemy
"they had been political foes for years"
Wiktionary
enemy(Noun)
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
Etymology: From enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from inimicus, from in- + amicus
enemy(Noun)
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
rally together against a common enemy.
Etymology: From enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from inimicus, from in- + amicus
enemy(Noun)
An alliance of such forces.
Etymology: From enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from inimicus, from in- + amicus
enemy(Adjective)
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
Etymology: From enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from inimicus, from in- + amicus
Webster Dictionary
Enemy(noun)
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
Enemy(adj)
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enemy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2903
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enemy' in Nouns Frequency: #940
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Yemen
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
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.
Who stops us from Realizing God? It is the Mind… our Enemy. It hides from us, our Lord!
Words have consequences, and The President has made my community and my people the enemy, the President has told the country that we are people to be feared, people to be hated. The President has done that at The President rallies. The President has done that through The President Twitter.
It wasn't my choice to leave -- I didn't leave on my terms, but when he gets elected, I hope he will drop the hammer on the enemy, get us out of there, and take care of us afterwards.
Syria and Russia, as a common enemy, provide a wonderful platform for consolidation. We are ready to put up with that for a while in the hope that it will eventually lead us to some positive trend based on interaction. this reminds me very much of the events of 2003, when US representatives in the Security Council showed alleged chemical weapons discovered in Iraq. A military campaign in Iraq ensued, which ended with the destruction of the country, an increased terrorist threat and the emergence of ISIS on the international scene.
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