the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity.
adj. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile: chiefly applied to private enmity.
Adverse; hurtful; repugnant.
Synonyms Averse, Adverse, etc. (see hostile), unfriendly, antagonistic, opposed, hurtful.
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adj. not friendly
Word Usage
"The two continued to look into each other's eyes, and something, it could hardly be called inimical, rather an aloofness from the tie of blood, was visible to each in the other's steadfast gaze."