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un·friend·ly  (n-frndl)
adj. un·friend·li·er, un·friend·li·est
1. Not disposed to friendship.
2. Indicating a bad prospect; unfavorable: unfriendly clouds.

un·friendli·ness n.

unfriendly
Adjective
[-lier, -liest] not friendly; hostile
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unfriendlyunfriendly - not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly"
combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
friendly - easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"
2.unfriendlyunfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
uncongenial, incompatible - not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
inhospitable - not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"
hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
unsociable - not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood"
cool - psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
friendly - characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"
3.unfriendlyunfriendly - not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
4.unfriendlyunfriendly - very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"

unfriendly
adjective 1. hostile, cold, distant, sour, chilly, aloof, surly, antagonistic, disagreeable, quarrelsome, unsociable, ill-disposed, unneighbourly << OPPOSITE friendly
adjective 2. unfavourable, hostile, inhospitable, alien, inauspicious, inimical, uncongenial, unpropitious, unkind << OPPOSITE congenial
Translations
Spanish unfriendly [ʌnˈfrɛndlɪ] adjantipático
French unfriendly [ʌnˈfrɛndlɪ] adjpeu aimable, froid(e)inamical(e)
German unfriendly [ʌnˈfrɛndlɪ] adjunfreundlich
Italian unfriendly [ʌnˈfrɛndlɪ] adjpoco amichevole, freddo/a

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Much time would not be necessary to enable her to discern these unfriendly dispositions.
The sight was awe-inspiring in the extreme as one contemplated this mighty floating funeral pyre, drifting unguided and unmanned through the lonely wastes of the Martian heavens; a derelict of death and destruction, typifying the life story of these strange and ferocious creatures into whose unfriendly hands fate had carried it.
Well, really,' said the Miller, 'I think that, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, it is rather unfriendly of you to refuse.
 
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