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
Plenty of observers over the years have drawn a link between the Koopas and their king, Mario’s eternal archenemy Bowser, and the reptilian kappa creatures of Japanese mythology, untrustworthy trickster water spirits with a passing resemblance to turtles.
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Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
The goal is to find and bring down archenemy Muzan.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Scholars have written that early leaders came from the Muslim Brotherhood, archenemy of Egypt’s current military leadership, but that ties ended around 1990 under government pressure.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Dennis Quaid stars as a human pilot who’s stranded on a planet with a reptilian archenemy from a hostile planet played by Lou Gossett Jr.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
The goal is to find and bring down archenemy Muzan.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Scholars have written that early leaders came from the Muslim Brotherhood, archenemy of Egypt’s current military leadership, but that ties ended around 1990 under government pressure.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Dennis Quaid stars as a human pilot who’s stranded on a planet with a reptilian archenemy from a hostile planet played by Lou Gossett Jr.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archenemy
enemy
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Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world, while claiming safe passage for vessels from countries other than its enemies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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The inscription would have sent enemies quite an impression as it was burned into the stone with molten lead, as if daring the attackers to continue their useless advance, Live Science continues.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Archenemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archenemy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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