Meaning of ENEMY
| Pronunciation: | | 'enumee
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- [n] any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
- [n] an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn"
- [n] an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
- [n] a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
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| | Synonyms: | | foe, foeman, opposition |
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| | Antonyms: | | ally, friend | | |
| | See Also: | | adversary, antagonist, besieger, challenger, competition, competitor, contender, enemy, enemy, foe, foeman, force, military force, military group, military unit, mortal enemy, opponent, opposer, opposition, people, resister, rival | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\En"e*my\, n.; pl. {Enemies}. [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from
L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See {Amicable}.]
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.
To all good he enemy was still. --Spenser.
I say unto you, Love your enemies. --Matt. v. 44.
{The enemy} (Mil.), 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.
It was difficult in such a country to track the
enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Foe; antagonist; opponent. See {Adversary}.
\En"e*my\, a.
Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]
They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. --Jer.
Taylor.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing your enemy in your dream, represents opposing ideas and contradictory attitudes. It also indicates something that you are in denial about or someone whom you are rejecting. Enemies may also represent the enemies within and your inner conflict with yourself.
Dreaming that you are dealing with the enemies, represents a resolution to some inner conflict or waking life problem. |
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| | Related Terms: | | adversary, adversative, adverse, aggressive, alien, antagonist, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, archenemy, assailant, attacker, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bitter enemy, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, chauvinist, chauvinistic, clashing, combatant, combative, competitive, competitor, con, conflicting, contender, contentious, contestant, contradictory, contrary, counter, cross, devil, disaccordant, dissentient, emulator, ferocious, fierce, fighting, foe, foeman, fractious, full of fight, hawkish, hostile, inimical, invader, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, martial, militant, militaristic, military, negative, noncooperative, obstinate, offensive, open enemy, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposing party, opposite, opposite camp, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, public enemy, pugnacious, quarrelsome, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, rival, saber-rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, soldierlike, soldierly, sworn enemy, the loyal opposition, the opposition, the other side, trigger-happy, truculent, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, unpropitious, warlike, warmongering, warring |
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