#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.


