Definitions for enmity

enmity en·mi·ty

Spelling: [en-mi-tee]
IPA: /ˈɛn mɪ ti/

Enmity is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in enmity (eimnty).

Definitions for enmity

noun

  1. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.

Origin of enmity

1250-1300; Middle English enemite Middle French; Old French enemiste Vulgar Latin *inimīcitāt- (stem of *inimīcitās), equivalent to Latin inimīc(us) enemy + -itāt- <

Examples for enmity

His enmity to the working classes made him extremely unpopular.

The Countess retired with feelings embittered against her royal mistress, and her annoyance in the sequel ripened into enmity.

I have no enmity to these ladies; I only despise them, or rather, their follies and their faults.

Believe what your post-hard-work-day brain will allow, but the enmity went from entrenched to fleeting in a blink of an eye.

Before the revolution, the Army and the Brotherhood had a long history of enmity.

German-Russian enmity has been a powerful driving force for centuries.

What rendered him yet dearer to us, was that there was enmity between him and Mrs. Mitchell.

"I think her friendship more to be dreaded than her enmity," replied Belinda.

Making peace with your enemies can be pragmatic and lasting; making peace by ignoring their enmity is foolish and sterile.

And yet the level of enmity between the press and Sarah Palin somehow has managed a further descent.

Word Value for enmity
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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