Enemy

/ˈɛnəmi/ · noun

Meaning

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
3. Something harmful or threatening to another
4. (attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
5. (video games) A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
6. To make an enemy of.

Example Sentences

under enemy duress

He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.

You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.

If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.

Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together. Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend.

I am a known enemy and I cannot say more than I already said. And my books and my articles and my magazine- whatever could happen to the publication has already happened. What else? They can kill me. OK, you know, nobody promised me that I'm going to live forever.

Rally together against a common enemy.

The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy. Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.

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Word Forms

• enemies
• enemie
• enemying
• enemied

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