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Enmity: meaning, example and synonyms

Enmityn. Deep, lasting hostility between people or groups.

Flashcard for Enmity (noun): deep, lasting hostility between people or groups. Example: The enmity between the rival guilds, rooted in a dispute over river tolls, outlived everyone who could remember how it began. Synonyms: hostility, animosity, antagonism, rancor. Antonyms: friendship, amity, goodwill, harmony. Memory tip: Enmity shares a root with 'enemy'. Illustration: two fully clothed craftsmen in old-fashioned work clothes standing stiffly back to back on a stone bridge, each scowling with crossed arms, a river flowing beneath; no signs or written words.

Example

The enmity between the rival guilds, rooted in a dispute over river tolls, outlived everyone who could remember how it began.

Part of speech
noun
Synonyms
hostility, animosity, antagonism, rancor
Antonyms
friendship, amity, goodwill, harmony
Memory tip
Enmity shares a root with 'enemy'.

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Question 1

Generations of competition for the same fertile valley had produced a bitter ______ between the two clans, one that even intermarriage failed to soften.

Question 2

The biographer argues that the two inventors' public ______, fueled by rival patent claims, obscured how much each had borrowed from the other's early designs.

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