The meaning of Enmity

noun

Bitterness or ill feeling.

Usage examples:

The agm dissolved into acrimony

noun

Strong hostility.

Usage examples:

He no longer felt any animosity towards her

noun

Hostility or ill feeling.

Usage examples:

The author's animus towards her

noun

A feeling of hate or anger towards someone or something

Usage examples:

He harbours no animus toward his rival.

noun

Active hostility or opposition.

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The antagonism between them

noun

Strong dislike or opposition, or a particular example of it

Usage examples:

[ u ] the attorney accused the witness of antagonism toward his client.

noun

A deep-seated feeling of aversion.

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His fundamental antipathy to capitalism

noun

Strong dislike or opposition

Usage examples:

His letters show a deep and intense antipathy toward workers.

noun

A strong dislike or disinclination.

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They made plain their aversion to the use of force

noun

A feeling of strong dislike or unwillingness to do something

Usage examples:

I felt an instant aversion to his parents., she has a deep aversion to getting up early.

adjective

Of poor quality or a low standard.

Usage examples:

A bad diet

adverb

Badly.

Usage examples:

He beat her up real bad

adjective

Unpleasant and causing difficulties

Usage examples:

Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather., we've just had some very bad news., watch out - he's in a …

noun

Sharpness of taste; lack of sweetness.

Usage examples:

The lime juice imparts a slight bitterness

noun

A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

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The eternal conflict between the sexes

verb

Be incompatible or at variance; clash.

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Parents' and children's interests sometimes conflict

noun

An active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs

Usage examples:

[ c ] conflicts between parents and children become more frequent when the children become teenager…

noun

Heated disagreement.

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The captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries

noun

Disagreement resulting from opposing arguments

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Their refusal to sign the treaty remains a source of contention between the two countries., [ + tha…

noun

Disagreement between people.

Usage examples:

A prosperous family who showed no signs of discord

verb

(of people) disagree.

Usage examples:

We discorded commonly on two points

noun

A lack of agreement or feeling of trust between people

Usage examples:

The plan to build the highway created discord in our community.

verb

Feel distaste for or hostility towards.

Usage examples:

She disliked any kind of unnecessary rudeness

noun

A feeling of distaste or hostility.

Usage examples:

Despite her dislike of publicity, she was quite a celebrated figure

verb

To not like; to find someone or something unpleasant, difficult, etc.

Usage examples:

I dislike the idea of leaving him home alone all evening., [ c ] a dislike of flying

noun

Disagreement that leads to discord.

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These issues caused bitter dissension in the party

noun

Strong disagreement, esp. within an organization

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There was a good deal of dissension within women’s rights organizations about setting political goa…

noun

A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

Usage examples:

His long-standing feud with universal pictures

verb

Be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

Usage examples:

Hoover feuded with the cia for decades

noun

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

Usage examples:

A lubrication system which reduces friction

noun

The force that works against an object as it slides along the surface of another object or moves through a liquid or gas

Usage examples:

A gasoline engine loses over 70 percent of its energy to friction and heat., there’s less friction …

noun

Hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.

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Their hostility to all outsiders

noun

An occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not like something

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They showed open (= obvious) hostility to/towards their new neighbours., hostilities began/broke ou…

noun

Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.

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There was considerable opposition to the proposal

noun

Disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power

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The proposal faces strong opposition., they expect to defeat the opposition.

noun

Bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing.

Usage examples:

He spoke without rancour

noun

A feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past

Usage examples:

They cheated me, but i feel no rancour towards/against them.

noun

Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

Usage examples:

His resentment at being demoted

noun

A feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept something that you do not like

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He harbours a deep resentment against his parents for his miserable childhood., this decision has c…

noun

Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.

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There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs