enmity
noun/ˈɛnmɪti/
Frequency rank: #12,883 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a feeling of strong hostility or hatred toward someone.
Example sentence
Years of competition had created deep enmity between the two rival families.
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