Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A source of harm or ruin.
- noun Retributive justice in its execution or outcome.
- noun An opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome.
- noun One that inflicts retribution or vengeance.
- noun Greek Mythology The goddess of retributive justice or vengeance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, a goddess personifying allotment, or the divine distribution to every man of his precise share of fortune, good and bad.
- noun Retributive justice.
- noun [NL.] In zoology, a genus of crustaceans.
- noun The 128th planetoid, discovered by Watson in 1872.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Class. Myth.) The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
archenemy - noun A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character
- noun The principle of
retributive justice. - noun usually singular, formal A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided.
- noun The polar opposite of a character.
- noun A righteous infliction of
retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
- noun something causing misery or death
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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So, how can scientology claim to be a religion if their nemesis is their god.
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This compelling legal drama welcomes veterans of stage and screen to the guest roster this week, including Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (the Dreamgirls movie, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency) as a lawyer in nemesis Glenn Childs 'office as Alicia gets caught up in a multi-million dollar malicious prosecution case.
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If he gets his putting under control — his main nemesis throughout the years — he'll be a major player in any of the major championships, considering how well he strikes the ball from tee to green.
Who's next for breakthrough in major? 12 players to watch 2010
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"The nemesis is that which you can't conquer," he says.
Learning to 'Pack a Punch' in 150 Pages Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2010
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His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder declared Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu a same approach Holmes as good as Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years.
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My current nemesis is “nimblewill” — an actual weed that is ferocious.
What is that Weed, and how did it get into my garden? « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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And everyone knows that Garland is the evil nemesis from the first Final Fantasy.
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His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder declared Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu a same approach Holmes as good as Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years.
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Right now my current nemesis is a pea-brained asshat who has put all 11 books of the Vampire Files up on half a dozen sites.
Heartsick, depressed, and PO'd as hell. p_n_elrod 2008
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In that moment, facing the impending explosion, Bond must decide whether slaying his nemesis is worth the cost of other innocent lives.
The Intricacies of Quantum of Solace and Four New Photos « FirstShowing.net 2008
delirium commented on the word nemesis
"A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an 'orrible cunt... me." - Brick Top
May 28, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word nemesis
First used to mean an arch-enemy by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Act 4, Scene 7:
"Is Talbot slain, the Frenchmen's only scourge, Your kingdom's terror and black Nemesis? O, were mine eyeballs into bullets turn'd, That I in rage might shoot them at your faces!"
February 2, 2019