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# enmity

«enmity» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of hate or strong dislike between people or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (enmity, enmities) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) A feeling of hate or strong dislike between people or groups; being enemies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history, Bible and stories: enmity between nations, families or rivals; in Genesis, God puts enmity between the serpent and the woman. In ethics: forgiveness can end enmity; Jesus taught «love your enemies». Phrases: «enmity between», «long enmity», «bitter enmity».

### examples

- There was bitter enmity between the two families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#x1)
- The enmity between the kingdoms lasted for generations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#x2)
- Their enmity ended when they shook hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#x3)
- God put enmity between the serpent and the woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#x4)
- Jealousy grew into enmity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#x5)
- Forgiveness can turn enmity into friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#x6)
- THE EAGLE and the Beetle were at enmity together, and they destroyed one another’s nests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/#x7)

### note

Formal, mostly uncountable. Related to «enemy». Opposite: «friendship», «amity». In speech say «hatred», «being enemies».

### In the corpora

- [But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1298/)
- [For the multitude of thine iniquity, the enmity is great.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.127/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enmity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enmity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.