English-Thai Dictionary

nemesis

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NEMESIS

Nem "e *sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. gr. Nomad. ] (Class. Myth. )

 

Defn: The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance. This is that ancient doctrine of nemesis who keeps watch in the universe, and lets no offense go unchastised. Emerson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Nemesis

Nem e sis |ˈneməsis ˈnɛməsɪs |Greek Mythology a goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris ).

 

nemesis

nem e sis |ˈneməsis ˈnɛməsəs | ▶noun ( pl. nemeses |-ˌsēz | ) the inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall: the balance beam was the team's nemesis, as two gymnasts fell from the apparatus. • a long-standing rival; an archenemy: will Harry Potter finally defeat his nemesis, Voldemort? • a downfall caused by an inescapable agent: one risks nemesis by uttering such words. • (often Nemesis ) retributive justice: nemesis is notoriously slow. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Greek, literally ‘retribution, ’ from nemein ‘give what is due. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Nemesis

Nemesis |ˈnɛmɪsɪs |Greek Mythology a goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris ).

 

nemesis

nemesis |ˈnɛmɪsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. nemeses |-siːz | ) the inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall: injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match. • a long-standing rival; an arch-enemy: will Harry Potter finally defeat his nemesis, Voldemort? • [ mass noun ] a downfall caused by an inescapable agent: one risks nemesis by uttering such words. • (often Nemesis ) [ mass noun ] retributive justice: Nemesis is notoriously slow. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Greek, literally ‘retribution ’, from nemein ‘give what is due ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nemesis

nemesis noun 1 they were beaten in the final by their nemesis: archrival, adversary, foe, opponent, arch enemy. 2 this could be the bank's nemesis: downfall, undoing, ruin, ruination, destruction, Waterloo. 3 the nemesis that his crime deserved: retribution, vengeance, punishment, just deserts; fate, destiny.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nemesis

nemesis noun 1 this could prove to be the bank's nemesis: downfall, undoing, ruin, ruination, destruction, Waterloo. 2 the nemesis that his crime deserved: retribution, vengeance, retributive justice, punishment, just deserts; fate, destiny.

 

Duden Dictionary

Nemesis

Ne me sis Eigenname |N e mesis |griechische Rachegöttin

 

Nemesis

Ne me sis Substantiv, feminin bildungssprachlich , die |N e mesis auch ˈnɛ …|die Nemesis; Genitiv: der Nemesis griechisch Némesis = Göttin der ausgleichenden Gerechtigkeit, personifiziert aus: némesis = Unwille, eigentlich = das (rechte ) Zuteilen ausgleichende, vergeltende, strafende Gerechtigkeit

 

Spanish Dictionary

némesis

némesis nombre femenino formal Castigo o venganza :la tragedia cumplía su función educativa tratando de conmover a los espectadores a través, por ejemplo, de la némesis que los dioses infligían a los mortales dominados por la soberbia .El plural es némesis .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Nemesis

Nem e sis /néməsɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /1 〘ギ神 〙ネメシス 〘復讐 （ふくしゅう ）応報天罰の女神 〙.2 〖n- 〗U 天罰 (punishment ); C 天罰を与える人 [もの ]▸ meet one's nemesis 天罰を受ける 3 C 〖n- 〗手ごわい相手 ; かなわない相手 ; 強敵 .