Unfriendly
[ʌn'fren(d)lɪ] or [ʌn'frɛndli]
Definition
(adj.) not disposed to friendship or friendliness; 'an unfriendly coldness of manner'; 'an unfriendly action to take' .
(adj.) not easy to understand or use; 'user-unfriendly' .
(adj.) not friendly; 'an unfriendly act of aggression'; 'an inimical critic' .
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Definition
(a.) Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
(a.) Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unkind, hostile, inimical, malevolent, antagonistic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inhospitable, ungenial, unkind, disobliging,[See false_and_GROUNDLESS]
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Definition
adj. not friendly kind or favourable.—adv. in an unkind manner.—n. Unfriend′ one who is not a friend.—adj. Unfrien′ded not supported by friends.—ns. Unfrien′dedness the state of being unfriended; Unfrien′dliness unkindness; Unfriend′ship unfriendliness.
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Examples
- Say that it is my way, and that I have no unfriendly intention. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It seems stingy, to my notions, and dry, and unfriendly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Nicholas saw her come in, and greeted her with a gruff, but not unfriendly nod. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- If I add that Penelope ended her part of the morning's work by being sick in the back-kitchen, it is in no unfriendly spirit towards the vehicle. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My only danger lay in that should I ever escape the black pirates it might be to fall into the hands of unfriendly red or green men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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