hostile, antagonistic, unsociable, surly
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Unfriendly Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutNot favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.
unfriendly
\un*friend"ly\, a.
1. not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
2. not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health. -- un*friend"li*ness (#), n.
unfriendly
adj
1. (in combination) not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly" [ant: friendly]
2. not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take" [ant: friendly]
3. lacking warmth of feeling; "a chilly greeting"; "an unfriendly manner" [syn: chilly]
4. not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic" [syn: inimical]
5. very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [syn: hostile, uncongenial]
Adjective
1. not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly"
(antonym) friendly
(classification) combining form
2. not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
(antonym) friendly
(similar) beetle-browed, scowling
(see-also) cool
(attribute) friendliness
3. lacking warmth of feeling; "a chilly greeting"; "an unfriendly manner"
(synonym) chilly
(similar) cool
4. not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
(synonym) inimical
(similar) hostile
5. very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
(synonym) hostile, uncongenial
(similar) inhospitable
Unfriendly Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Friendly means acting in a non-threatening manner toward and/or showing kindness to someone, as a friend would behave. Thus friendly implies a mode of friendship as distinct from amiable or genial. Professional service is expected to be amiable or genial but not necessarily friendly. The opposite is unfriendly or even hostile.
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