enmity
deep hostility
Roots
- amic: friend or friendly feeling
- im- / in- (not): not or without
- inim / enemy: enemy, hostile, or unfriendly
Other words with the amic root
Other words with the inim / enemy root
Enmity is enemy-feeling turned into a settled state.
Years of rivalry left enmity between the two families long after the original insult was forgotten.
Enmity is colder than one angry moment. It is hostility that has settled in and made itself at home.