enemy.
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
Meaning & usage
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.
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
Of, 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.
Where this word comes from
From 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.
To make an enemy of.
Where this word comes from
From 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.
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