Antonyms for friendlinessfriend·li·ness

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1. friendlinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   geniality, bonhomie, affability, pleasantness

2. friendlinessnoun

   The quality of being friendly.

   Synonyms:
   geniality, affability, bonhomie, pleasantness

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1. friendliness

   Friendship is a deep, quiet, enduring affection, founded upon mutual respect and esteem. Friendship is always mutual; there may be unreciprocated affection or attachment, unrequited love, or even unrecognized and unappreciated devotion, but never unreciprocated or unrequited friendship; one may have friendly feelings toward an enemy, but while there is hostility or coldness on one side there can not be friendship between the two. Friendliness is a quality of friendly feeling, without the deep and settled attachment implied in the state of friendship. Comity is mutual kindly courtesy, with care of each other's right, and amity a friendly feeling and relation, not necessarily implying special friendliness; as, the comity of nations, or amity between neighboring countries. Affection may be purely natural; friendship is a growth. Friendship is more intellectual and less emotional than love; it is easier to give reasons for friendship than for love; friendship is more calm and quiet, love more fervent; love often rises to intensest passion; we can not speak of the passion of friendship. Friendship implies some degree of equality, while love does not; we can speak of man's love toward God, not of his friendship for God. (There is more latitude in the use of the concrete noun friend; Abraham was called "the friend of God;" Christ was called "the friend of sinners.") Compare ACQUAINTANCE; LOVE.

   See synonyms for BATTLE; ENMITY; FEUD; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   affection, amity, attachment, comity, consideration, devotion, esteem, esteem, favor, friendship, good will, love, regard

   Preposition:
   The friendship of one person for or toward another, or the friendship between them.

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. friendlinessnoun

   a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company

   Antonyms:
   unfriendliness

2. friendlinessnoun

   a friendly disposition

   Antonyms:
   unfriendliness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. friendlinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   comity, amity, good will, amicability

How to use friendliness in a sentence?

1. Benny Gantz:

   I am looking forward to meeting the president - a president of utmost friendliness to the State of Israel - on a matter that is very important for the State of Israel - with national, strategic and security ramifications, we will hold a back-and-forth, get to know one another, and take it from there.

2. Roderic Owen:

   The important thing is to know when to laugh, or since laughing is somewhat undignified to smile. But the smile must be of the right kind must have understanding in it, and friendliness, and a good deal of patience.

3. Emanuele Rigamonti:

   Today the European markets opened on a softer note, possibly pondering the alternative scenario of less market friendliness by the Fed, along with some profit taking on recent strength.

4. Suresh Narayanan:

   I believe the steps that are being talked about in terms of improving the investment laws, improving the laws of labor, improving the overall friendliness that the country has towards investments, all augurs well, it is a long road. Miracles are not going to happen in days or weeks.

5. John Bingham:

   The scenery is stunning and the small town friendliness makes this a very special race, sitting around small fires in the desert with groups of runners waiting for the sun to come up and the race to begin is quite an experience too.

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