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Synonyms for unfriendly
ʌnˈfrɛnd liun·friend·ly
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unfriendly
Synonyms:
adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unkind, warlikeAntonyms:
accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
unfriendly
Synonyms:
inhospitable, ungenial, unkind, disobliging
Princeton's WordNet
unfriendlyadjective
not easy to understand or use
"user-unfriendly"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, hostile, inimicalAntonyms:
amiable, companionate, friendly, hospitable, palsy-walsy, informal, neighbourly, matey, affable, pally, hail-fellow-well-met, cozy, couthy, amicable, social, hail-fellow, chummy, cordial, neighborly, comradely, genial, intimate, couthieunfriendlyadjective
not disposed to friendship or friendliness
"an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, hostile, inimicalAntonyms:
friendly, couthy, hospitable, comradely, companionate, cozy, amicable, couthie, cordial, neighbourly, hail-fellow-well-met, chummy, affable, matey, genial, amiable, intimate, hail-fellow, informal, neighborly, social, pally, palsy-walsyunfriendly, inimicaladjective
not friendly
"an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, hostile, inimicalAntonyms:
companionate, genial, chummy, cozy, pally, hail-fellow, couthy, friendly, social, intimate, neighbourly, palsy-walsy, cordial, comradely, hospitable, amiable, hail-fellow-well-met, informal, neighborly, amicable, couthie, matey, affablehostile, uncongenial, unfriendlyadjective
very unfavorable to life or growth
"a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, hostile, incompatible, inimicalAntonyms:
comradely, hail-fellow-well-met, palsy-walsy, chummy, hail-fellow, amiable, genial, cordial, matey, informal, couthy, social, friendly, couthie, hospitable, amicable, companionate, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, cozy, affable, intimate
Editors Contribution
not kind
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unfriendlyadjective
Synonyms:
unkind, hostile, inimical, malevolent, antagonistic
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unfriendlyadjective
Synonyms:
hostile, ill-disposed, inimical, malign, unamicable, disaffected, alienated, estranged, antagonistic, unfavorable, adverse
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unfriendly":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1986 | cold | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#9085 | distant | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#17090 | incompatible | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#27806 | contentious | |
#36720 | alienated | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#45446 | estranged | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#55147 | belligerent | |
#60499 | unkind | |
#64070 | disaffected | |
#66269 | warlike | |
#78003 | inhospitable | |
#88971 | inimical | |
#115380 | bellicose | |
#273499 | uncongenial |
How to use unfriendly in a sentence?
Flying aircraft close to each other at 500 miles per hour with unfriendly intentions is generally unsafe, at that range, an unexpected maneuver or an equipment issue can cause a terrible accident in under a second.
I hope that no parent ever feels like a classroom is an unfriendly place for their kids.
Mar-a-Lago has been a porous place ever since Donald Trump declared Donald Trump candidacy and started winning primaries several years ago, if you were any intelligence service, friendly or unfriendly, worth their salt, they would be concentrating their efforts on this incredibly porous place.
I have seen and heard (Hicks) be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community.
Yuri Kochetkov/Pool -RRB- Putin:
Western countries aren’t only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic sphere, but top officials from leading NATO members made aggressive statements regarding our country.
Translations for unfriendly
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- غير وديArabic
- hostil, antipàticCatalan, Valencian
- unfreundlichGerman
- malafablaEsperanto
- negativo, antipático, hostil, desfavorable, desagradableSpanish
- ynseä, epäystävällinenFinnish
- inamicalFrench
- रूखाHindi
- 不親切なJapanese
- hostilisLatin
- onfrëndlechLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uvennligNorwegian
- onvriendelijkDutch
- ostil, neprietenosRomanian
- недружелю́бный, недру́жественныйRussian
- 不友善Chinese
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