as in enemy
the person or entity toward whom you feel the most hatred or hostility
The two politicians were archenemies. The country went to war with its archenemy.
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Recent Examples of archenemy
This blend greatly reduces resonance, the archenemy of clarity.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
The revolutionary regime in Iran has long cast the United States as its archenemy, the Great Satan that undermined the country’s independence by backing a military coup in 1953 and the authoritarian excesses of the monarchy that followed.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The Four’s true archenemy, Richards’s scientific nemesis and mirror image Doctor Doom, is absent in First Steps but will appear in a sequel, giving the world’s largest entertainment machine another crack at the depth that often eludes it.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The Hammer proves to be only a puppet for Superman’s old archenemy, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult), who controls him, barking out commands like a TV director.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
The revolutionary regime in Iran has long cast the United States as its archenemy, the Great Satan that undermined the country’s independence by backing a military coup in 1953 and the authoritarian excesses of the monarchy that followed.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The Four’s true archenemy, Richards’s scientific nemesis and mirror image Doctor Doom, is absent in First Steps but will appear in a sequel, giving the world’s largest entertainment machine another crack at the depth that often eludes it.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The Hammer proves to be only a puppet for Superman’s old archenemy, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult), who controls him, barking out commands like a TV director.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archenemy
enemy
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These vessels can blend into the ocean’s background noise and deploy advanced drones designed to confuse and distract enemy tracking systems.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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At first, drones were used to scout and drop makeshift bombs onto enemy troops’ heads.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Archenemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archenemy. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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