UNFRIENDLY

unfriendly

(adjective) not disposed to friendship or friendliness; “an unfriendly coldness of manner”; “an unfriendly action to take”

unfriendly

(adjective) not easy to understand or use; “user-unfriendly”

hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly

(adjective) very unfavorable to life or growth; “a hostile climate”; “an uncongenial atmosphere”; “an uncongenial soil”; “the unfriendly environment at high altitudes”

unfriendly, inimical

(adjective) not friendly; “an unfriendly act of aggression”; “an inimical critic”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

Not friendly; hostile; mean.

Unfavourable.

Antonyms

• friendly

Noun

unfriendly (plural unfriendlies)

An enemy.

Etymology 2

Adverb

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend

Source: Wiktionary


Un*friend"ly, a.

1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.

– Un*friend"li*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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