Enmity
noun
A strong feeling of dislike or hate towards someone or something.
There is a long history of enmity between the two tribes.
Often appears as...
- bear enmity
- hold enmity
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A strong feeling of dislike or hate towards someone or something.
There is a long history of enmity between the two tribes.
Often appears as...
- bear enmity
- hold enmity
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Enmity suggests deep, often long-lasting feelings more intense than dislike.
His enmity towards his rival could be felt in his every word.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Opposition
Use enmity to imply an active state of opposition, not passive dislike.
The two politicians' enmity was evident during the heated debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal or Abstract
Enmity can be directed towards people as well as ideas or entities.
He harbored enmity not just toward his colleague, but also toward the company's policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Enmity suggests deep, often long-lasting feelings more intense than dislike.
His enmity towards his rival could be felt in his every word.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Opposition
Use enmity to imply an active state of opposition, not passive dislike.
The two politicians' enmity was evident during the heated debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal or Abstract
Enmity can be directed towards people as well as ideas or entities.
He harbored enmity not just toward his colleague, but also toward the company's policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Enmity suggests deep, often long-lasting feelings more intense than dislike.
His enmity towards his rival could be felt in his every word.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Opposition
Use enmity to imply an active state of opposition, not passive dislike.
The two politicians' enmity was evident during the heated debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal or Abstract
Enmity can be directed towards people as well as ideas or entities.
He harbored enmity not just toward his colleague, but also toward the company's policies.
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Video examples
Where is home? - Pico...
would have to be whatever I carried around inside me and in so many ways I think this is a terrific liberation because when my grandparents were born they pretty much had their sense of home the sense of community even their sense of enmity assigned to them at birth and
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Inside the mind of a...
I didn't break any laws. I was proud and grateful to be British -- I still am. And I bore no hostility against this, my country, nor enmity towards the non-Muslim citizens, and I still don't.
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Where is home? - Pico...
would have to be whatever I carried around inside me and in so many ways I think this is a terrific liberation because when my grandparents were born they pretty much had their sense of home the sense of community even their sense of enmity assigned to them at birth and
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Inside the mind of a...
I didn't break any laws. I was proud and grateful to be British -- I still am. And I bore no hostility against this, my country, nor enmity towards the non-Muslim citizens, and I still don't.
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Quote examples
Thomas Becket
English Clergyman
Could I anticipate the enmity of those for whom I encountered such opposition? If they had been willing, I should have gained the victory. But the head faints when it is abandoned by the other members. If they had been wise they would have seen that in attacking me they were attacking their own privileges and serving princes to their own servitude.
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Reuven Rivlin
Israeli Politician
There's no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to a situation in which Gaza can be rehabilitated. There needs to be an international initiative with Israel's participation, in order to bring an end to the enmity against us.
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Ash Sarkar
British Journalist
It's important to recognise that opposing racism isn't just about presenting an alternative set of values; it's about looking at how the far right play on people's hardships in order to nurture a sense of enmity between white people and those racialised as migrants.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.
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Rene Girard
French Historian
Each person must ask what his relationship is to the scapegoat. I am not aware of my own, and I am persuaded that the same holds true for my readers. We only have legitimate enmities. And yet the entire universe swarms with scapegoats.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian Statesman
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
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Preston Sturges
American Writer
It is probably a very good thing for a boy to learn to live with enmity, as opposed to an atmosphere of love and affection, as it hardens him and gives him a taste of what he is going to run into later in life.
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Saadi
Iranian Poet
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
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Akshaye Khanna
Indian Actor
Politics has friendship, enmity, intrigue and even humour.
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Thomas Becket
English Clergyman
Could I anticipate the enmity of those for whom I encountered such opposition? If they had been willing, I should have gained the victory. But the head faints when it is abandoned by the other members. If they had been wise they would have seen that in attacking me they were attacking their own privileges and serving princes to their own servitude.
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Reuven Rivlin
Israeli Politician
There's no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to a situation in which Gaza can be rehabilitated. There needs to be an international initiative with Israel's participation, in order to bring an end to the enmity against us.
Quote examples
Ash Sarkar
British Journalist
It's important to recognise that opposing racism isn't just about presenting an alternative set of values; it's about looking at how the far right play on people's hardships in order to nurture a sense of enmity between white people and those racialised as migrants.
Quote examples
Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.
Quote examples
Rene Girard
French Historian
Each person must ask what his relationship is to the scapegoat. I am not aware of my own, and I am persuaded that the same holds true for my readers. We only have legitimate enmities. And yet the entire universe swarms with scapegoats.
Quote examples
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian Statesman
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
Quote examples
Preston Sturges
American Writer
It is probably a very good thing for a boy to learn to live with enmity, as opposed to an atmosphere of love and affection, as it hardens him and gives him a taste of what he is going to run into later in life.
Quote examples
Saadi
Iranian Poet
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
Quote examples
Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
Quote examples
Akshaye Khanna
Indian Actor
Politics has friendship, enmity, intrigue and even humour.
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