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Synonyms for nemesis

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nem-uh-sis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛm ə sɪs

Top 10 synonyms for nemesis
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Définition of nemesis

Origin :
  • 1570s, Nemesis, "Greek goddess of vengeance, personification of divine wrath," from Greek nemesis "just indignation, righteous anger," literally "distribution" (of what is due), related to nemein "distribute, allot, apportion one's due," from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot, to take" (cf. Old English, Gothic niman "to take," German nehmen; see nimble). With a lower-case -n-, in the sense of "retributive justice," attested from 1590s. General sense of "anything by which it seems one must be defeated" is 20c.
  • noun bane
Example sentences :
  • He had not been made soft by the nemesis that laid him by the heels.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Yet she did not flinch in her certainty that nemesis must be obeyed and even aided.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • There was the nemesis who didn't like youth to make such a fool of itself.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • But Nemesis, swift and sudden, awaits the faithless Euphues.
  • Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
  • Once arouse him, as he must now be aroused, and he will follow like a Nemesis on your trail.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • There is little doubt that death is the nemesis of their reproduction.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • By joining the Nemesis, it appeared that they were getting something for nothing.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Well, we'll get you and your crew to Marduk in the Nemesis, then.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • There was considerable bad language in the command room of the Nemesis.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • The Enterprise was the Nemesis' twin; her command room was identical with his own.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

Antonyms for nemesis

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