ARCH-ENEMY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of arch-enemy in English arch-enemynoun [ C ] uk /ˌɑːtʃˈen.ə.mi/ us /ˌɑːrtʃˈen.ə.mi/ Add to word list Add to word list an especially bad enemy Enemies & rivals

• adversary
• antagonist
• deadly enemy
• enemy
• foe
• frenemy
• natural enemy
• nemesis
• opponent
• rival
• scalp
• sworn enemy
• them
• them and us idiom

(Definition of arch-enemy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of arch-enemy

arch-enemy It is in the excuses that are trotted out to account for the arch-enemy inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had come to trust us and now we had to break the trust and send them back to their arch-enemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now this arch-enemy has been humbled to the dust, and on his own admission has been made to see the error of his ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has become the arch-enemy of mankind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His arch-enemy was a female demon named "ala" (plural: "ale"), whose main activity was to lead storm and hail clouds over fields to destroy crops. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Two cousins have to spend a spell in service to qualify for an inheritance, but they find themselves in the same house as their arch-enemy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although his last team was the traditional arch-enemy of his new squad, he slowly became popular among his new fans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Soon she came to regard the aircraft as an arch-enemy which thwarted attacks on convoys by hovering overhead and guiding possible targets around the submarine, out of firing range. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many would seek to demonise centre-right politics, capitalism and business as the arch-enemies of environmental welfare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has long been in the habit of treating property owners as arch-enemies in the class war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of arch-enemy?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 主要敵人, 大敵, 死敵… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 主要敌人, 大敌, 死敌… See more in Spanish archienemigo, archienemiga, Archienemigo… See more in Portuguese arqui-inimigo, arqui-inimiga… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian ennemi juré… See more baş düşman… See more aartsvijand… See more úhlavní nepřítel… See more ærkefjende… See more musuh utama… See more ศัตรูสำคัญ… See more kẻ thù không đợi trời chung… See more arcy-wróg… See more ärkefiende… See more musuh ketat… See more der Erzfeind… See more erkefiende… See more головний ворог, найбільший недруг… See more Need a translator?

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