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Synonyms for unfriendly
ʌnˈfrɛnd liun·friend·ly

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    Antonyms:
    friendly

  2. unfriendlyadjective

    Antonyms:
    friendly

  3. unfriendlyadjective

    Antonyms:
    friendly

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unfriendly

    Synonyms:
    inhospitable, ungenial, unkind, disobliging

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 2 votes

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    not easy to understand or use

    "user-unfriendly"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, inimical

    Antonyms:
    amiable, companionate, friendly, hospitable, palsy-walsy, informal, neighbourly, matey, affable, pally, hail-fellow-well-met, cozy, couthy, amicable, social, hail-fellow, chummy, cordial, neighborly, comradely, genial, intimate, couthie

  2. unfriendlyadjective

    not disposed to friendship or friendliness

    "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, inimical

    Antonyms:
    friendly, couthy, hospitable, comradely, companionate, cozy, amicable, couthie, cordial, neighbourly, hail-fellow-well-met, chummy, affable, matey, genial, amiable, intimate, hail-fellow, informal, neighborly, social, pally, palsy-walsy

  3. unfriendly, inimicaladjective

    not friendly

    "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, inimical

    Antonyms:
    companionate, genial, chummy, cozy, pally, hail-fellow, couthy, friendly, social, intimate, neighbourly, palsy-walsy, cordial, comradely, hospitable, amiable, hail-fellow-well-met, informal, neighborly, amicable, couthie, matey, affable

  4. hostile, uncongenial, unfriendlyadjective

    very unfavorable to life or growth

    "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, incompatible, inimical

    Antonyms:
    comradely, hail-fellow-well-met, palsy-walsy, chummy, hail-fellow, amiable, genial, cordial, matey, informal, couthy, social, friendly, couthie, hospitable, amicable, companionate, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, cozy, affable, intimate

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. not kind

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    unkind, hostile, inimical, malevolent, antagonistic

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    hostile, ill-disposed, inimical, malign, unamicable, disaffected, alienated, estranged, antagonistic, unfavorable, adverse

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "unfriendly":

    hostile

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1986cold
#5680adverse
#9085distant
#12170hostile
#17090incompatible
#24087indifferent
#27806contentious
#36720alienated
#40140unfriendly
#45446estranged
#49221antagonistic
#52117frigid
#55147belligerent
#60499unkind
#64070disaffected
#66269warlike
#78003inhospitable
#88971inimical
#115380bellicose
#273499uncongenial

How to use unfriendly in a sentence?

  1. Samantha Maness:

    I have seen and heard (Hicks) be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community.

  2. David Viscott:

    To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

  3. Sarah Palin:

    I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because energy is my baby, oil and gas and minerals, those things that God has dumped on this part of the Earth for mankind's use, instead of relying on unfriendly foreign nations for us to import their resources, and if I were head of that.

  4. Sarah Palin:

    I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because energy is my baby: oil and gas and minerals, those things that God has dumped on this part of the Earth for mankind's use instead of us relying on unfriendly foreign nations.

  5. Leslie Miklosy:

    Mediocrity wants to be your friend. Be unfriendly.


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