enemy
/ˈɛnəmi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.70 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
noun
Something harmful or threatening to another
noun
A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
verb
To make an enemy of.
Example Sentences
- "under enemy duress"
- "He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department."
- "You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you."
- "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy."
- "Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together. Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend."
- "I am a known enemy and I cannot say more than I already said. And my books and my articles and my magazine- whatever could happen to the publication has already happened. What else? They can kill me. OK, you know, nobody promised me that I'm going to live forever."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: enemy, enemi, inimīcus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛnəmi/
- British English: /ˈɛnəmi/