enemy
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends…Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
» The city fell to the enemy.
Die Stadt fiel in die Hände des Feindes.
Місто було захоплено ворогом.
Meaning
5 sensesSomeone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
under enemy duress
He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
Feind, Feindin, Gegner
врагvrag, проти́вникprotívnik, проти́вницаprotívnica
во́рогvóroh, проти́вникprotývnyk, проти́вницяprotývnycja
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
Rally together against a common enemy.
Feind
врагvrag, проти́вникprotívnik, неприя́тельneprijátelʹ
во́рогvóroh, проти́вникprotýŭnyk, супроти́вникsuprotýŭnyk
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
Something harmful or threatening to another
(attributive)Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.
feindlich
вра́жескийvrážeskij, неприя́тельскийneprijátelʹskij, вра́жийvrážij
воро́жийvoróžyj, вра́жийŭrážyj, ура́жийurážyj
a personal enemy
A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
Examples
1167 sentencesThe city fell to the enemy.
Місто було захоплено ворогом.
deDie Stadt fiel in die Hände des Feindes.
I don't have a single enemy.
В мене немає жодного ворога.
ruУ меня нет ни одного врага.
deIch habe nicht einen einzigen Feind.
Tom had a lot of enemies.
Том мав багато ворогів.
ruУ Тома было много врагов.
We don't have to be enemies.
Ми не повинні бути ворогами.
ruМы не должны быть врагами.
I don't want us to be enemies.
Я не хочу, щоб ми були ворогами.
ruЯ не хочу, чтобы мы были врагами.
deIch will nicht, dass wir Feinde sind.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern FreFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: enemiesSynonyms
17 synonyms- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force):foeopposition
- a personal enemy:foe
Antonyms
6 antonymsWord family
22 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- have any enemies
- worst worst enemy
- an an enemy
- any enemies
- worst enemy
- by the enemy
- lot of enemies
- the enemy attacked
- not your enemy
- an enemy of
- have many enemies
- was your enemy