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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a state of deep-seated ill-will;
[syn: hostility, enmity, antagonism]

2. the feeling of a hostile person;
- Example: "he could no longer contain his hostility"
[syn: hostility, enmity, ill will]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Enmity \En"mi*ty\, n.; pl. Enmities. [OE. enemyte, fr. enemy: cf. F. inimiti['e], OF. enemisti['e]. See Enemy, and cf. Amity.] 1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. [1913 Webster] No ground of enmity between us known. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of opposition; hostility. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enmity n 1: a state of deep-seated ill-will [syn: hostility, enmity, antagonism] 2: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" [syn: hostility, enmity, ill will]