Definitions for: Enmity

[n] the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
[n] a state of deep-seated ill-will

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

No ground of enmity between us known. --Milton.

2. A state of opposition; hostility.

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.

Synonyms: antagonism, hostility, hostility, ill will

See Also: aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad blood, belligerence, belligerency, bitterness, class feeling, gall, hate, hatred, latent hostility, rancor, rancour, resentment, state, state of war, suspicion, tension, war

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