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NEMESIS
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Irregular inflected form: nemeses
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something causing misery or death
Example:
the bane of my life
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nemesis" is a kind of...):
affliction (a cause of great suffering and distress)
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