'Enmity' definitions:
Definition of 'enmity'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Enmity'
From: GCIDE
- Enmity \En"mi*ty\, n.; pl. Enmities. [OE. enemyte, fr. enemy: cf. F. inimiti['e], OF. enemisti['e]. See Enemy, and cf. Amity.]
- 1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. [1913 Webster]
- No ground of enmity between us known. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A state of opposition; hostility. [1913 Webster]
- The friendship of the world is enmity with God. --James iv. 4.
- Syn: Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See Animosity, Rancor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'enmity'
From: Easton
- Enmity deep-rooted hatred. "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed" (Gen. 3:15). The friendship of the world is "enmity with God" (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15, 16). The "carnal mind" is "enmity against God" (Rom. 8:7). By the abrogation of the Mosaic institutes the "enmity" between Jew and Gentile is removed. They are reconciled, are "made one" (Eph. 2:15, 16).
Synonyms of 'enmity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrence,
- abomination,
- alienation,
- allergy,
- altercation,
- animosity,
- animus,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- argument,
- aversion,
- bad blood,
- bickering,
- bitterness,
- cat-and-dog life,
- clash,
- clashing,
- cold sweat,
- collision,
- combat,
- competition,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- contrariety,
- contrariness,
- controversy,
- creeping flesh,
- cross-purposes,
- cut and thrust,
- daggers,
- dead set,
- debate,
- detestation,
- disaccord,
- disaffection,
- disaffinity,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- Discordia,
- disgust,
- disharmony,
- dislike,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- dissension,
- Eris,
- estrangement,
- fighting,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- gall,
- hate,
- hatred,
- horror,
- hostility,
- ill will,
- incompatibility,
- incompatibleness,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- inimicalness,
- jangle,
- jar,
- Kilkenny cats,
- litigation,
- loathing,
- logomachy,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- mischief,
- mortal horror,
- nausea,
- negativeness,
- noncooperation,
- obstinacy,
- open conflict,
- oppugnancy,
- paper war,
- perverseness,
- polemic,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsomeness,
- rancor,
- recalcitrance,
- refractoriness,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- rivalry,
- rub,
- scrapping,
- shuddering,
- spite,
- spleen,
- squabbling,
- strained relations,
- strife,
- struggle,
- tension,
- uncooperativeness,
- uncordiality,
- unfriendliness,
- unharmoniousness,
- unpleasantness,
- vying,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- words,
- wrangling