noun
enmity
EN-muh-tee/ˈenməti/
Deep hostility or ill will.
The neighbors’ hostile stares reveal their enmity.
Etymology
Latin inimicitia named hostility and came from inimicus, literally an “unfriend.” Enmity thus expresses the opposite of amity: an enemy's hostile feeling rather than friendship or goodwill.
In context
They all died at the hands of the dark creatures of the underground cave. This enmity is irreconcilable! Leng Ruoshuang lives only for revenge!
More examples
- He felt no enmity toward his former opponent.
- The treaty failed to erase decades of enmity.
- Their rivalry hardened into open enmity.
Forms
enmity
Similar words
- hostility
- Hostility broadly means antagonism; enmity often suggests deep or lasting hostility between people or groups.
- resentment
- Resentment is bitterness over a perceived wrong; enmity is a more general state of active ill will.