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enemy noun [ ˈɛnəmi ]

• a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
• "the traditional enemies of his tribe"
Similar: foe, adversary, opponent, rival, nemesis, antagonist, combatant, challenger, competitor, opposer, hostile party, the opposition, the competition, the other side, the opposing side, corrival, vier,
Opposite: friend, ally,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French enemi, from Latin inimicus, from in- ‘not’ + amicus ‘friend’.

be one's own worst enemy

• act in a way contrary to one's own interests.
"I try my best, but he's his own worst enemy"

make an enemy of

• cause (someone) to start feeling hostile to one.
"by 1776 he had made an enemy of the queen"



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