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Meanings of nemesis in English
Synonyms
Examples for "curse"
Examples for "curse"
1
Thyestes exalts over the fulfillment of another chapter in the inevitable curse.
2
They had got the Nibelungen hoard; and with it the Nibelungen curse.
3
The curse of militarism may make itself felt even in the school-room.
4
Maybe Drake is trying to direct the curse's power towards the Warriors.
5
The fearful curse of the country, however, is the belief in witchcraft.
1
Credit Card Interest Credit cards are a scourge on the family budget.
2
And the Year 2000 problem is proving to be an unavoidable scourge.
3
Let no one underplay the scourge of Islamophobic, racist, extreme right terrorism.
4
The president and I also discussed the scourge of radical Islamic terrorism.
5
The scourge of typhus in Serbia is a recent and graphic illustration.
1
The nineteenth century brought us the boon and the bane of industrialism.
2
Now their unsold homes are the bane of a sickly housing market.
3
It is, in truth, the only antidote to the bane of whiskey.
4
LATE payment for goods and services is the bane of business life.
5
The Hall door had been shut against the bane of the night-air.
Usage of nemesis in English
1
The Portuguese, however, have proved a nemesis in the last 10 years.
2
Somewhere along the way, Sarah has decided Hannah is her arch nemesis.
3
Instead his arch nemesis became a byword for political strength and stability.
4
He never did, ceding the stage, for the moment, to his nemesis.
5
If their nemesis was dead, then the Harkonnens no longer needed vengeance.
6
But one day, Catapano heard that his nemesis was in the infirmary.
7
He lashed out at his nemesis: Harpootlian calls me Lee Atwater .
8
They even voted on Ressi's pseudonym, the first name of a nemesis.
9
And in South Africa, as we know, such nemesis is well-nigh unfailing.
10
West's nemesis Dr. Arliss Loveless, who is short fused and then some.
11
CERT, the nemesis of every Internet hacker, was bound to complicate matters.
12
Underwood would have a recurring role as a wealthy nemesis to Darling.
13
What better disguise for a Jesuit than to become a Jesuit's nemesis?
14
He faced Melenea, lover and nemesis, and pointed at the empty square.
15
It was necessary that his death appear as a punishment, a nemesis.
16
Mr Kgomo is surprised when an old nemesis pays him a visit.
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Translations for nemesis
Nemesis through the time
Nemesis across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common