enmity

Meaning

1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
2. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

Synonyms

hostility

hatred

animosity

antagonism

grudge

hate

😡

opposition

aversion

rancor

spite

resentment

dislike

animus

rancour

antipathy

malice

ill will

enemy

feud

rivalry

envy

anger

💢

abhorrence

bad blood

bitterness

detestation

discord

foe

grievance

ill-will

unfriendliness

wrath

dudgeon

ill feeling

distaste

ranklement

ira

malevolence

discordance

match

misunderstanding

odium

disagreement

prejudice

quarrel

complain

bugbear

badness

revenge

rival

also

alienation

resentiment

variance

embitteredness

hard feelings

scunner

conflict

abomination

evil disposition of mind

unfriendly feeling

unfriendship

total disagreement

amarulence

harm

evil

hostilities

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: enemyte

Cognate with French: inimitié

Cognate with Portuguese: inimizade

Cognate with Spanish: enemistad

In summary

From Middle English enemyte, from Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *inimīcitās, *inimīcitātem, from Latin inimīcus (“enemy”); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad. Equivalent to enemy + -ity.