enemy
Plural: enemies
Noun
- An opponent or adversary, especially in conflict.
- an opposing military force
- "the enemy attacked at dawn"
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- any hostile group of people
- "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
- a personal enemy
- Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
- Something harmful or threatening to another
- Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
- A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
Verb
- To make an enemy of.
Examples
- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- He viewed the blank spaces on the board not as obstacles, but as the true ENEMY of a high score.
- Rally together against a common enemy.
- The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.
- under enemy duress
- You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
foe, foeman, opposition, adversary, antagonist, backfriend, bane, bête noire, corrival, enemy, fiend, mob, nemesis, opponent, opposer, rival, unfriend
Scrabble Score: 10
enemy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordenemy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
enemy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary