Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #889.  Enmity.—­ N. enmity, hostility; unfriendliness &c. adj.; discord
&c. 713; bitterness, rancor.
     alienation, estrangement; dislike &c. 867; hate &c. 898.
     heartburning[obs3]; animosity &c. 900; malevolence &c. 907. 
     V. be inimical &c. adj.; keep at arm’s length, hold at arm’s length;
be at loggerheads; bear malice &c. 907; fall out; take umbrage &c. 900; harden the heart, alienate, estrange.
     [not friendly, but not hostile see indifference 866]. 
     Adj. inimical, unfriendly, hostile; at enmity, at variance, at daggers
drawn,at open war with; up in arms against; in bad odor with.
     on bad terms, not on speaking terms; cool; cold, cold hearted;
estranged, alienated, disaffected, irreconcilable.

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     #890.  Friend. —­ N. friend, friend of one’s bosom; alter ego; best
friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus[Lat]; usque ad aras[Lat]; fidus Achates[Lat][obs3]; persona grata.
     acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance,
nodding acquaintance; wellwisher.
     favorer, fautor[obs3], patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius,
advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c. (auxiliary) 711.
     comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade[obs3],
confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow.
     associate, colleague, compeer.
     schoolmate, schoolfellow[obs3]; classfellow[obs3], classman[obs3],
classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion.
     best man, maid of honor, matron of honor.
     compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman.
     shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate[obs3]; fellow companion,
boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner. 
     Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux[obs3], Nisus and
Euryalus[Lat], Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum[Lat].
     host, Amphitryon[obs3], Boniface; guest, visitor, protg. 
     Phr. amici probantur rebus adversis[Lat]; ohne bruder kann man leben
nicht ohne Freund[Ger]; “best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness” [G.  Eliot]; conocidos muchos amigos pocos[Sp]; “friend more divine than all divinities” [G.  Eliot]; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo[Sp].

     #891.  Enemy. —­ N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman[obs3]; open enemy,
bitter enemy; opponent &c. 710; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society. 
     Phr. every hand being against one; “he makes no friend who never made
a foe” [Tennyson].
     with friends like that, who needs enemies?; Lord protect me from my
friends; I can protect myself from my enemies.

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