Unfriendly vs Inimical - What's the difference?
unfriendly | inimical | Related terms |
not friendly; hostile; mean
unfavourable
An enemy.
* 2005 , Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
* 2008 , Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
Harmful in effect.
Unfriendly, hostile.
Unfriendly is a related term of inimical.
As adjectives the difference between unfriendly and inimical
is that unfriendly is not friendly; hostile; mean while inimical is harmful in effect.As a noun unfriendly
is an enemy.unfriendly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Antonyms
* friendlyDerived terms
* user-unfriendlyNoun
(unfriendlies)- Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
- 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).
inimical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Suicide is inimical to the health of the participant.
- Her inimical attitude precludes romance.