Lexic.us

Definition of Enemy

1. Noun. An opposing military force. "The enemy attacked at dawn"

2. Noun. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force). "A soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

3. Noun. Any hostile group of people. "He viewed lawyers as the real enemy"

4. Noun. A personal enemy. "They had been political foes for years"

Definition of Enemy

1. n. One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.

2. a. Hostile; inimical.

Definition of Enemy

1. one that is antagonistic toward another [n -MIES]

Medical Definition of Enemy

1. One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. The enemy, the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours. Synonym: Foe, antagonist, opponent. See Adversary. Origin: OF. Enemi, F. Ennemi, from L. Inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enemy

end product repression end run end stage end up end user ENE Enea Silvio Piccolomini enediol enema enema

enemas enemata enemator enemies enemy (current term) enemy (current term) enepidermic energetic energetic energetically

energetics energetics energic energid energids energies energise energised energiser energises

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