nemesis

Erzfeind, Angstgegner

Der wichtigste Feind oder ein Gegner, den man besonders schwer besiegen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone who is your main enemy or a rival you find especially difficult to beat.

• That team is our nemesis.
• She finally defeated her longtime nemesis.
• The detective faced his nemesis again.

Synonyme: archenemy, enemy, rival

Gegenteile: ally

Häufige Wendungen: someone’s nemesis, face a nemesis, longtime nemesis

Verderber

Jemand, der die endgültige Niederlage oder den Untergang einer anderen Person verursacht, oft wie vom Schicksal bestimmt.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone whose actions cause another person’s final defeat or ruin, often as if this were their fate.

• The betrayed servant became the king’s nemesis.
• His nemesis brought his rule to an end.
• The story reveals who will be the hero’s nemesis.

Synonyme: destroyer

Häufige Wendungen: become someone’s nemesis, tragic nemesis

Verkörperung des tragischen Fehlers

Eine Figur, die die persönliche Schwäche verkörpert, an der ein tragischer Held scheitert.

In einfachem Englisch: A character who represents the personal weakness that causes a tragic hero to fail.

• The nemesis represents the hero’s pride.
• In this tragedy, his nemesis gives his weakness a human face.
• The critic described the character as the hero’s nemesis.

Häufige Wendungen: hero’s nemesis, tragic nemesis

Gegenpol, Gegenteil

Eine Person oder Figur, deren wesentliche Eigenschaften denen einer anderen völlig entgegengesetzt sind.

In einfachem Englisch: A person or character who is completely different from another in their main qualities.

• The gentle brother is the warrior’s nemesis.
• Her nemesis is generous where she is selfish.
• The novel presents two characters as each other’s nemesis.

Synonyme: antithesis, opposite

Häufige Wendungen: someone’s nemesis, moral nemesis