Synonym: Nemesis, bane, curse, scourge. Similar words: linemen, atonement, tenement, homesick, postponement, confinement, thesis, desist. Meaning: ['nemɪsɪs] 
n. 1. (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance 2. something causes misery or death.
n. 1. (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance 2. something causes misery or death. (61) In Ian Fleming's novel Dr No, James Bond's nemesis Julius No survives a murder attempt thanks to a rare medical condition.
(62) Bowser's Inside Story features Mario and Luigi exploring the cavernous —but cute, always cute —stomach and intestines of Mario nemesis Bowser.
(63) After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, the Turtle have grown apart as a family.
More similar words: linemen, atonement, tenement, homesick, postponement, confinement, thesis, desist, resist, theme song, semester, genesis, homesickness, synthesis, antithesis, hypothesis, anamnesis, resistant, resistance, irresistible, photosynthesis, chondrogenesis, nonviolent resistance, enemy, cinema, anemic, anemia, unemployment, mess, mesh.