English-Thai Dictionary

enemy

N ศัตรู  ปรปักษ์  ข้าศึก  คู่อริ  คู่แค้น  antagonist foe opponent friend supportor sad-tru

 

enemy

N สิ่ง ที่ เป็น ภัย  สิ่ง ที่ เป็นอันตราย  sing-ti-pen-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENEMY

n.[L. inimicus.] 1. A foe; an adversary. A private enemy is one who hates another and wishes him injury, or attempts to do him injury to gratify his own malice or ill will. A public enemy or foe, is one who belongs to a nation or party, at war with another.
I say to you, love your enemies. Matthew 5:44.
Enemies in war; in peace friends.
2. One who hates or dislikes; as an enemy to truth or falsehood.
3. In theology, and by way of eminence, the enemy is the Devil; the archfiend.
4. In military affairs, the opposing army or naval force in war, is called the enemy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENEMY

En "e *my, n.; pl. Enemies. Etym: [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L.inimicus; in- (negative ) + amicus friend. See Amicable. ]

 

Defn: One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44. The enemy (Mil. ), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours. It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.

 

ENEMY

ENEMY En "e *my, a.

 

Defn: Hostile; inimical. [Obs. ] They. .. every day grow more enemy to God. Jer. Taylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

enemy

en e my |ˈenəmē ˈɛnəmi | ▶noun ( pl. enemies ) a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something. • (the enemy ) [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a hostile nation or its armed forces or citizens, esp. in time of war: the enemy shot down four helicopters | [ as modifier ] : enemy aircraft. • a thing that harms or weakens something else: routine is the enemy of art. PHRASES be one's own worst enemy act in a way contrary to one's own interests. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French enemi, from Latin inimicus, from in- ‘not ’ + amicus ‘friend. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

enemy

enemy |ˈɛnəmi | ▶noun ( pl. enemies ) a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something. • (the enemy ) [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a hostile nation or its armed forces, especially in time of war: the enemy shot down four helicopters | [ as modifier ] : enemy aircraft. • a thing that harms or weakens something else: routine is the enemy of art. PHRASES be one's own worst enemy act in a way contrary to one's own interests. make an enemy of cause (someone ) to start feeling hostile to one: you really don't want to make an enemy of your girlfriend's best mate. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French enemi, from Latin inimicus, from in- ‘not ’ + amicus ‘friend ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

enemy

enemy noun he and his brother have been enemies for years | the enemy would strike at dawn: opponent, adversary, foe, rival, antagonist, combatant, challenger, competitor, opposer; (the enemy ) the opposition, the competition, the other side, the opposing side. ANTONYMS ally, friend.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

enemy

enemy noun he aimed the gun at his enemy: foe, adversary, opponent, rival, antagonist, combatant, challenger, competitor, opposer, hostile party; (the enemy ) the opposition, the competition, the other side, the opposing side; rare corrival, vier. ANTONYMS friend, ally.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

enemy

en e my /énəmi /〖en (でない )emy (友達 )〗名詞 複 -mies /-z /C 1 敵 , 敵対者 ; 反対者 (↔friend )▸ make enemies [an enemy ] of A A 〈人 〉を敵にする [まわす ]▸ The two tribes have been enemies forever .その2つの部族は長い間敵対してきた ▸ political enemies 政敵 ▸ public enemy number one 社会の敵ナンバーワン (!無冠詞で ) ▸ the enemy within 身内の敵 ; 裏切り者 2 敵兵, 敵艦 ; 〖the ～; 集合的に; 単複両扱い 〗敵軍 , 敵国 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗敵軍の ▸ enemy forces 敵軍 ▸ enemy soldiers [aircraft ]敵兵 [敵機 ]3 ｟かたく 文 ｠〖通例単数形で 〗 «…を » 害するもの , «…の » 敵 «of , to » ▸ Slavery is the enemy of freedom .奴隷制度は自由の敵だ be one's ò wn w ò rst é nemy 〈人 (の言動 )が 〉その人自身の最大の敵である ; 自業自得である .w ì sh A on one's w ò rst é nemy ｟くだけて ｠〖否定文 疑問文で 〗憎い人にA 〈人 物 〉を押しつける気になる .