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
Andy Samberg is claiming he was not involved in the recent death of his longtime archenemy, Frisbee.
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Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
This blend greatly reduces resonance, the archenemy of clarity.
—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
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Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
This blend greatly reduces resonance, the archenemy of clarity.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archenemy
enemy
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When integrated into multiple systems, the Tactical Edge Electromagnetic Solutions (TEEMS) can jam enemy systems with speed and precision.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Netanyahu said the country would continue trying to bring home the bodies of Israelis still being held across enemy lines, such as Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy hung in Damascus in 1965.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Archenemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archenemy. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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