inimical

Modifies a noun

• force: The protagonist goes on to battle and conquer the villain or inimical forces.

Modifying Another Word

• so: We invent scuba gear and submarines and we explore the deep ocean so inimical to our terrene mammal bodies.
• not: A broader agenda is not inimical to the US; on the contrary.
• deeply: Summary Taken together, these four elements of managerialism are deeply inimical to the role of the professional.
• totally: On the contrary, they promote an atmosphere which is totally inimical to the existence of bias.
• therefore: Politics is the sphere of utility, and therefore inimical to conservative values.
• often: Home Office policies are often inimical to keeping asylum seekers within the system.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Curiously, both streams, in the Neoplatonic and the Epicurean schools, became inimical to science and western understandings of religion.
• see: In fact, the girlfriends were usually seen as inimical to the Teddy Boy life.