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Variant of enemy

enemy Definition

en·emy (enə mē)

noun pl. enemies -·mies

  1. a person who hates another, and wishes or tries to injure him; foe
    1. a nation or force hostile to another; military or wartime adversary
    2. troops, fleet, ship, member, etc. of a hostile nation
  2. a person hostile to an idea, cause, etc.
  3. anything injurious or harmful

Etymology: ME & OFr enemi < L inimicus, unfriendly, enemy < in-, not + amicus, friend: see amiable

adjective

  1. Obsolete hostile
  2. of an enemy; of a hostile nation
enemies Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • engage: Our countries are no longer mortal enemies engaged in a worldwide Cold War.
  • confront: It is particularly unfortunate and nasty when we have to confront enemies in our own class.
  • fight: Jordan: Only in the first prolog level, does the Prince fight human enemies.

Adjective modifier

  • sworn: All the time we use this word we are playing into the hands of our sworn enemies.
  • mortal: Our countries are no longer mortal enemies engaged in a worldwide Cold War.

Noun used with modifier

  • thine: And blessed be the most high God which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.

enemies Quotes

Je combattrai pour l'Homme. Contre ses ennemis. Mais aussi contre moi-me"  me. I shall fight for mankind. Against his enemies.But also against myself. —Saint-Exupe¤  ry, Antoine de

He must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. —Bible (NewTestament)

All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends. —Buchanan,James

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies,O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age! Light the prime work of God to me is extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eas'd, Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, They creep, yet see, I dark in light expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, 586 Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. —Milton,John

   Whether we bringourenemiestojustice, orbring justice to our enemies, justice will be done. —Bush, GeorgeW(alker)

   A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. —Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills

You are honored by your friends†distinguished by your enemies. I have been very distinguished. —Hoover,J(ohn) Edgar

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot. —Inge,William Ralph

   Uberzeugungen sind gef a« hrlichere Feinde der Wahrheit als Lu«  gen. Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. —Nietzsche, FriedrichWilhelm

   Those enemies to Irelandöthose cruel absentees! —Edgeworth, Maria

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies. —Rogers,Will

He was in a few hours of giving his enemies the slip for ever. —Sterne, Laurence

   Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savouring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters. —Genghis Khan originally Temujin

People crushed by law have no hope but from power. If laws are theirenemies, they will be enemiesto laws; and those, who have much to hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous, more or less. —Burke, Edmund

I've inherited100 percent of his enemies and only50 per cent of his friends. —Bush, GeorgeW(alker)

   The L ismy shepherd; Ishall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valleyof theshadow of death,I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the L for ever. —Bible (Old Testament)

Ye have heard that it hath been said,Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hatethineenemy.But Isayuntoyou,Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to themthat hate you, and pray for them whichdespitefully use you, and persecute you. —Bible (NewTestament)

The L said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. —Bible (Old Testament)

With a heavy step Sir Matthew left the room and spent the morning designing mausoleums for his enemies. —Linklater, Eric Robert

My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword: while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth; Namely, while they say daily unto me: Where is now thy God? —Book of Common Prayer

We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies.Our interests are eternal, and it is our duty to follow them. —Palmerston, HenryJohnTemple, 3rd Viscount

War, then, is not a relationship between man and man, but between State and State, in which private persons are only enemies accidentally. —Rousseau,JeanJacques

A legal gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies, and keeps it himself. —Vaux

The Huns†chanted a funeral song to the memory of a hero, glorious inhis life, invincible in his death, the father of his people, the scourge of his enemies, and the terror of the world. —Gibbon, Edward

Mr Bernard Shaw has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by all his friends. —Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills

Lo, children are an heritage of the L: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. —Bible (Old Testament)

Por las verdades se pierden los amigos, e per las non dezir se fazen desamigos. Telling the truth loses you friends; not telling it gains you enemies. —Ruiz,Juan

For a politician rises on the backs of his friends (that's probably all they're good for), but it's through his enemies he'll have to govern afterwards. —Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren

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