# enemy

Pronunciation: say "EN-uh-mee" /ˈɛn.ə.mi/

## Noun

1. Someone who is hostile toward, feels hatred for, opposes the interests of, or intends harm to another person.
   - Simple: A person who strongly opposes someone, hates them, or wants to harm them.
   - _He treated every critic as an enemy instead of listening to what they said._
   - _The senator and the governor had been political enemies for over a decade._
2. A hostile nation or military force, or one of its members; also used before a noun for things belonging to or done by such a force.
   - Simple: A country, army, or fighter on the other side in a war. It is also used before nouns, as in enemy planes.
   - _Intelligence reports suggested the enemy was massing troops along the border._
   - _Enemy aircraft flew low over the town throughout the night._
3. A non-player character in a video game that attempts to attack, obstruct, or otherwise harm the player.
   - Simple: A computer-controlled character in a video game that tries to hurt or stop the player.
   - _Each enemy in the dungeon drops loot when defeated._
   - _The boss fight begins only after you clear the smaller enemies in the arena._
4. Anything that causes harm or poses a threat to a person or thing.
   - Simple: Something that can harm or damage a person or thing.
   - _Moisture is the enemy of delicate electronic equipment._
   - _She finally overcame procrastination, the great enemy of her writing routine._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To make someone into an enemy, so that a person who was not hostile to you becomes your opponent.

## Origin

This word came through Middle English from Old French enemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, formed from in- ("not") plus amīcus ("friend"). It displaced the earlier Middle English fend (from Old English fēond), which survives as "fiend" but with a different meaning.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/enemy (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).