unfriendly
/ʌnˈfrɛn(d)li
/adjective (unfriendlier, unfriendliest)
Not friendly: she shot him an unfriendly glance...
- It refers to the unfriendly stare and unkind glances we sometimes get from people around us.
- Any friendly aspect or unfriendly connection between these two is then said to reflect upon the relationship of the lovers.
- Several friendly and unfriendly airforces were abroad, on hire to continental corporations.
Synonyms
hostile, disagreeable, misanthropic, antagonistic, aggressive;
ill-natured, unpleasant, surly, sour, inimical, unamicable, uncongenial;
inhospitable, unneighbourly, unwelcoming, unkind, unsympathetic, unaffable;
unsociable, unsocial, antisocial;
aloof, cold, cool, chilly, frigid, frosty, distant, stand-offish, unapproachable;
withdrawn, reserved, unforthcoming, uncommunicative, impersonal, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, indifferent;
stiff, stern, severe;
ungracious, obnoxious, menacing, nasty;
quarrelsome;
rude, discourteous, uncivil, impolite, unmannerly, cross
informal starchy
rare Olympian
unfavourable, disadvantageous, unpropitious, inauspicious, hostile, inimical, uncongenial, negative, alien, damaging, destructive
Derivatives
unfriendliness
/ noun ...- Surprised by this attitude of greed and unfriendliness, I will confess that I declined to pay.
- Again, I've found myself in a city where by comparison I start thinking that London's cold, unfriendliness where no-one looks at anyone in the eye is actually rather pleasant.
- It is generally not regarded as being as friendly as Glasgow - and that is probably true - but Edinburgh's problem is probably reserve, rather than real unfriendliness.
- treatise
- treatment
- treat someone like dirt
- treat something lightly
- treaty
- Treaty claim
- treaty Indian
- Treaty industry
- treaty port
- Treaty settlement
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- Trebizond
- treble
- treble bell
- treble chance
- treble clef
- Treblinka
- trebly
- trebuchet
- trecento
- tree
- tree calf
- tree-covered
- treecreeper
- tree diagram