I can't believe she did that to me - she turned out to be a real frenemy.
Source: tatoeba (1833365)
Frenemy
//ˈfɹɛ.nɪ.mi//
Synonyms for "frenemy" (5 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- vryand noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
Arabic
2 entries- الصَّدِيقُ العَدُوُّ noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
- صَدِيقُ مَصْلَحَة noun (fair-weather friend who is also a rival)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 塑料姐妹花 noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
French
4 entries- ennami noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
- frennemi noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
- frennemie noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
- meilleur ennemi noun (fair-weather friend who is also a rival)
Japanese
1 entries- 友なる敵 noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
Portuguese
4 entries- aminimiga noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
- aminimiga noun (fair-weather friend who is also a rival)
- aminimigo noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
- aminimigo noun (fair-weather friend who is also a rival)
Russian
1 entries- заклятый друг noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
Spanish
1 entries- amienemigo noun (Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom is our frenemy.
Source: tatoeba (10008035)
Painting with a bland stroke, hardly mixing color on palette or canvas, working neatly, quickly, deftly, and a bit hygienically—like an Old World gentleman—over his “spontaneous” projects—indeed, “tickling” his way along, to borrow frenemy Picasso's devastating verb—he [Henri Matisse] seems never to be deeply involved or even slightly carried away by his work.
Source: wiktionary
Another enemy / Not even a frenemy.
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