All 7 Uses
enmity
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Steppenwolf
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- In him the man and the wolf did not go the same way together, but were in continual and deadly enmity.
*enmity = hatred
- One existed simply and solely to harm the other, and when there are two in one blood and in one soul who are at deadly enmity, then life fares ill.†
- But it was exactly the same when Harry felt and behaved as a wolf and showed others his teeth and felt hatred and enmity against all human beings and their lying and degenerate manners and customs.†
- There is God and the devil in them; the mother's blood and the father's; the capacity for happiness and the capacity for suffering; and in just such a state of enmity and entanglement towards and within each other as were the wolf and man in Harry.†
- Love and confidence had changed of a sudden to hate and deadly enmity and the neighbors saw me go with pitying scorn.†
- I saw beneath the surface of the various alliances and enmities and by degrees (though I had been such an entire stranger to this world) I was drawn in and treated with confidence.†
- At once they formed themselves into groups and families, games and battles, friendships and enmities, making a small world.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(enmity) hatred toward someone or between people -- typically long-lastingSynonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
"Enmity" is used in place of synonyms like "hatred" to indicate a feeling that runs deeper and is typically longer in the making. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)