unfriendlyadjective
uk/ʌnˈfrend.li/us/ʌnˈfrend.li/B1 showing dislike and no sympathy
Opposite
friendly
Examples
- She has a rather cold, hostile manner.
- At first I thought he was a bit shy, but I've come to the conclusion that he's simply unfriendly!
- To people who don't know him he probably appears rather unfriendly.
- She has a rather cold, unfriendly manner.
- Our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique of people.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estrange
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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unfriendliness
noun [ U ] uk/ʌnˈfrend.li.nəs/us/ʌnˈfrend.li.nəs/