It's sort of the classic Greek tragedy of hubris begets nemesis.
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Nemesis
//ˈnɛməsɪs//
Synonyms for "nemesis" (127 found)
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Related words (63)
lokimeasure for measuremeetnessmegaeraminosopen woundpainpainspains and punishmentspassionpaypaymentpenal retributionpenaltypenologypestpestilenceplaguepoetic justiceproperness
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7 entriesderived
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48 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Νέμεσις name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Armenian
1 entries- Նեմեսիս name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Brazilian Portuguese
1 entries- Nêmesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възмездие noun (principle of retributive justice)
- възмездие noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
- отмъщение noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
- отплата noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
Catalan
1 entries- Nèmesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Cebuano
1 entries- gaba noun (principle of retributive justice)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 涅墨西斯 name (Greek goddess of retribution)
- 剋星 /克星 noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
- 報應 /报应 noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
Czech
2 entries- Nemesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
- odplata noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
Dutch
4 entries- Nemesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
- tegenpool noun (polar opposite of a character)
- tegenvoeter noun (polar opposite of a character)
- wrekende gerechtigheid noun (punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided)
European Portuguese
1 entries- Némesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Finnish
4 entries- Nemesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
- hyvitys noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
- kohtalo noun (punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided)
- nemesis noun (polar opposite of a character)
French
1 entries- Némésis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
German
1 entries- Nemesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Greek
1 entries- Νέμεσις name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Hebrew
1 entries- נמסיס name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Hungarian
1 entries- Nemeszisz name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Italian
1 entries- Nemesi name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Japanese
2 entries- ネメシス name (Greek goddess of retribution)
- 報復 noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
Korean
1 entries- 네메시스 name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Latin
1 entries- Nemesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Macedonian
2 entries- одмазда noun (principle of retributive justice)
- одмазда noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
Polish
1 entries- Nemezis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Romanian
1 entries- Nemesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Russian
4 entries- Немези́да name (Greek goddess of retribution)
- воздая́ние noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
- возме́здие noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
- распла́та noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
Spanish
4 entries- Némesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
- némesis noun (archenemy)
- némesis noun (punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided)
- némesis noun (righteous infliction of retribution)
Turkish
1 entries- Nemesis name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Немези́да name (Greek goddess of retribution)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I see you are once again afraid to do battle with your nemesis.
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Tom ordered coffee and sat down next to the window. He began writing. "Josef Porqmaquer was born in the year 1863 in a small village north of London. Charles Chickenfoot, his future arch nemesis, entered the world a year later."
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Boston ivy is Ziri's nemesis.
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