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unfriendly en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).

Meanings

  1. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
    • The reputations of our universities and our research base are already under threat because of the fallout from the EU referendum result, which is making the UK an unfriendlier place for overseas scholars and students, as well as cutting off access to an important stream of research funding and to a vibrant and well-developed ecosystem for collaborative work. 2016 October 18, Stephen Curry, “Why the Higher Education and Research Bill must be amended”, in The Guardian:
    • Shrekkies will notice that the musical is going off-piste from the film right from the start when the curtain rises to reveal a seven-year-old Shrek turfed out into an unfriendly world by his parents. 2008 November 3, Tom Leonard, “Will Shrek be a monster hit on Broadway?”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 47,718, page 29:
    • I thought of him as a young man in Washington for the first time, first job with McCarthy, and that that was probably one of the unfriendliest spaces at the time for a gay person. 2020 June 17, Charles Bramesco, “Bully, coward, victim? Inside the sinister world of Trump mentor Roy Cohn”, in The Guardian:
  2. Unfavourable.

Forms

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unfriendliest Degree=Sup lexicographic
unfriendlier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unfriendly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unfriendly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

friendly

Deriveds

user-unfriendly · eco-unfriendly · unfriendliness · unfriendlily

Relateds

unfriend

Synonyms

chilly · dour

Translations (47)

cmn 不友好 (not friendly; hostile) · grc ἀνάρσιος (not friendly; hostile) · hu barátságtalan (not friendly; hostile) · es antipático (not friendly; hostile) · ru недру́жественный (not friendly; hostile) · nn uvennleg (not friendly; hostile) · fr inamical (not friendly; hostile) · ja 不親切な (not friendly; hostile) · eo malamika (not friendly; hostile) · ko 불친절하다 (not friendly; hostile) · es hostil (not friendly; hostile) · hi रूखा (not friendly; hostile) · nn uvenleg (not friendly; hostile) · lb onfrëndlech (not friendly; hostile) · nl onvriendelijk (not friendly; hostile) · de unfreundlich (not friendly; hostile) · ro ostil (not friendly; hostile) · bg недружелю́бен (not friendly; hostile) · bg неблагосклонен (unfavorable) · bg враждебен (not friendly; hostile) · la inimīcus (not friendly; hostile) · ca antipàtic (not friendly; hostile) · hy անբարյացակամ (not friendly; hostile) · la hostilis (not friendly; hostile) · es desfavorable (unfavorable) · nds-de unfründlich (not friendly; hostile) · pdt onfrintlich (not friendly; hostile) · eo malamikema (not friendly; hostile) · ga doicheallach (not friendly; hostile) · grc ἄφιλος (not friendly; hostile) · tr soğuk (not friendly; hostile) · tr düşmanca (not friendly; hostile) · af onvriendelik (not friendly; hostile) · ro neprietenos (not friendly; hostile) · ru недружелю́бный (not friendly; hostile) · es negativo (unfavorable) · da uvenlig (not friendly; hostile) · ca hostil (unfavorable) · fi epäystävällinen (not friendly; hostile) · fi ynseä (not friendly; hostile) · es desagradable (not friendly; hostile) · da ufavorabel (unfavorable) · nb uvennlig (not friendly; hostile) · nds-de schabbig (not friendly; hostile) · pt hostil (not friendly; hostile) · pt antipático (not friendly; hostile) · txb eñcare (not friendly; hostile)

unfriendly en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).

Meanings

  1. An enemy.
    • You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys). 2008, Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity, page 44:
    • Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter. 2005, Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven, page 217:

Forms

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unfriendlies Number=Plur lexicographic

unfriendly en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English unfrendli, from Old English unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner”), equivalent to unfriend + -ly.

Meanings

  1. in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend

Forms

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most unfriendly Degree=Sup lexicographic
unfriendlier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
unfriendliest Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unfriendly Degree=Cmp lexicographic