English noun: enmity |
1. | enmity (state) a state of deep-seated ill-will |
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| Synonyms | antagonism, hostility |
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| Broader (hypernym) | state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cold war, latent hostility, state of war, suspicion, tension, war |
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| Instance hyponym | Cold War |
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2. | enmity (feeling) the feeling of a hostile person |
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| Samples | He could no longer contain his hostility.
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| Synonyms | hostility, ill will |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hate, hatred |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad blood, belligerence, belligerency, bitterness, class feeling, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment |
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