enmity
noun
[ ˈɛnmɪti ]
• a state or feeling of active opposition or hostility.
• "decades of enmity between the two countries"
Similar:
hostility,
animosity,
antagonism,
friction,
antipathy,
animus,
opposition,
dissension,
rivalry,
feud,
conflict,
discord,
contention,
acrimony,
bitterness,
rancour,
resentment,
aversion,
dislike,
ill feeling,
bad feeling,
ill will,
bad blood,
hatred,
hate,
loathing,
detestation,
abhorrence,
odium,
malice,
spite,
spitefulness,
venom,
malevolence,
malignity,
grudges,
grievances,
needle,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French enemi(s)tie, based on Latin inimicus (see enemy).
