Inimical vs Enmity - What's the difference?
inimical | enmity |
Harmful in effect.
Unfriendly, hostile.
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
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A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
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As an adjective inimical
is harmful in effect.As a noun enmity is
the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.inimical
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Suicide is inimical to the health of the participant.
- Her inimical attitude precludes romance.
Synonyms
* inimic, inimicableenmity
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Alternative forms
: * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** enymyte * ** enemitie ** enemyte ** enemytee ** enimitie ** enimity ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** ennimitie ** inimity : * ** enmite ** enmitye ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmityNoun
(enmities)- Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.