- unfriendly
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adjective
Date: 15th century
not friendly: as
a. hostile, unsympathetic <an unfriendly nation> b. inhospitable, unfavorable <conditions unfriendly to new businesses>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
unfriendly
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Unfriendly — Un*friend ly, a. 1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor. [1913 Webster] 2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health. [1913 Webster] {Un*friend li*ness}, n … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unfriendly — index adverse (hostile), antipathetic (oppositional), contentious, inimical, malevolent, perverse … Law dictionary
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unfriendly — [adj] nasty, hostile acrimonious, against, alien, aloof, antagonistic, antisocial, censorious, chilly, cold, combative, competitive, conflicting, contrary, disaffected, disagreeable, distant, estranged, grouchy, grudging, gruff, hateful, ill… … New thesaurus
unfriendly — ► ADJECTIVE (unfriendier, unfriendliest) ▪ not friendly. DERIVATIVES unfriendliness noun … English terms dictionary
unfriendly — [unfrend′lē] adj. unfriendlier, unfriendliest 1. not friendly or kind 2. hostile 3. not favorable or propitious unfriendliness n … English World dictionary
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unfriendly — unfriendliness, n. /un frend lee/, adj., unfriendlier, unfriendliest, adv. adj. 1. not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner. 2. hostile; antagonistic: an unfriendly act of… … Universalium
-unfriendly — [[t] ʌnfre̱ndli[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED unfriendly combines with nouns, and sometimes adverbs, to form adjectives which describe something which is bad for a particular thing. It s couched in such very user unfriendly terminology. ...this harsh,… … English dictionary
unfriendly — [[t]ʌ̱nfre̱ndli[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe a person, organization, or their behaviour as unfriendly, you mean that they behave towards you in an unkind or rather hostile way. It is not fair for him to be permanently unfriendly to someone who … English dictionary
