enmity : DEFINITION: (noun) Deep-seated, often mutual hatred.
SYNONYMS: hostility, ill will.
USAGE: Never bear malice or enmity toward thy brother. Discuss
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deep-seated deep-seated : DEFINITION: (adjective) (Used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
SYNONYMS: deep-rooted, implanted, ingrained, planted.
USAGE: He divined the fanatical love of freedom in her, the deep-seated antipathy for restraint of any sort.
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scathe scathe : DEFINITION: (noun) The act of damaging something or someone.
SYNONYMS: damage, harm, hurt.
USAGE: It is true also that I did lay my hands upon this jack-fool of a brother Ambrose, though, as you can see, I did him little scathe.
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ill-usage ill-usage : DEFINITION: (noun) Cruel or inhumane treatment.
SYNONYMS: abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment.
USAGE: The poor creature often bore about her marks of ill-usage and violence which she could not wholly conceal.
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