unfriendly Definition
un·friendly (-frend′lē)
adjective -·lier, -·li·est
- not friendly or kind
- hostile
- not favorable or propitious
unfriendly Related Forms
unfriendly Synonyms
unfriendly
modif.
Hostile
opposed, alienated, disaffected, ill-disposed, against, opposite, contrary, warlike, competitive, conflicting, antagonistic, estranged, at swords' points, at drawn daggers, inimical, at variance, at loggerheads, irreconcilable, not on speaking terms, turned against, with a chip on one's shoulder*. Lacking friendly qualities
grouchy, censorious, bearish, surly, misanthropic, antisocial, uncongenial, gruff, ill-disposed, envious, uncharitable, faultfinding, combative, quarrelsome, grudging, malignant, spiteful, malicious, mean, vengeful, resentful, hateful, captious, acrimonious, peevish, aloof, unsociable, inhospitable, crabbed, suspicious, sour; see also irritable.
unfriendly Usage Examples
Preposition: at
level: The opportunity to make software more friendly is also an opportunity to make it unfriendly at a more decisive level.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Lots of booming and multiple reflections from the hard perimeter walls made the room very unfriendly in terms of sound quality.
- find: I only found the office staff unfriendly, ever time we have used this we have found the bus drivers a lot nicer.
Modifies a noun
- bacterium: Friendly bacteria constantly compete with unfriendly bacteria to maintain healthy balance.
- attitude: Do not approach your neighbor with an unfriendly attitude.
- environment: Of course, not every body or every nation can manage to survive and sustain in unfriendly environment.
- place: The internet is an unfriendly place for women wanting to write about politics.
- staff: Cons: Unfriendly staff, many areas of the car park are unavailable, only one bus.
- act: Because the United States has said: to criticize our conduct in Guantanamo Bay constitutes an unfriendly act.
Modifying Another Word
- environmentally: Examples of environmentally unfriendly projects backed by the ECGD include: .
- rather: He was a man of about fifty, rather unfriendly, who was in the process of having all his teeth out.
- particularly: We do have to lift over some particularly unfriendly ones.
- very: The King of the island proved very unfriendly to them.
- so: But why do churches become so unfriendly, and how can we create a culture of welcome?
- not: I'd have to disagree with the " not unfriendly " part of that statement.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Sometimes inviting a friend to fish and then leaving them alone can seem unfriendly.
- become: But why do churches become so unfriendly, and how can we create a culture of welcome?
- look: Cute security - razor wire doesn't have to look unfriendly.
- remain: Even in someone with a healthy lifestyle, the cholesterol profile sometimes remains so unfriendly that it raises risk to an unacceptable level.
- see: Williams ' statement has upset the Europhiles because of its tone, which they see as essentially unfriendly toward Europe.
Browse dictionary entries near unfriendly
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