enmity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
    hostility; antagonism.
  2. noun the feeling of a hostile person
    ill will; hostility.
    • he could no longer contain his hostility

WordNet

En"mi*ty noun
Etymology
OE. enemyte, fr. enemy: cf. F. inimitié, OF. enemistié. See Enemy, and cf. Amity.
Wordforms
plural Enmities
Definitions
  1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
    No ground of enmity between us known. Milton.
  2. A state of opposition; hostility.
    The friendship of the world is enmity with God. James iv. 4.
    Syn. -- Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See Animosity, Rancor.

Webster 1913