Inimical

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse: habits inimical to good health.
  • adj. Unfriendly; hostile: a cold, inimical voice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Harmful in effect.
  • adj. Unfriendly, hostile.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not friendly
  • Equivalent
    hostile   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antagonistic    averse    unfriendly    hostile    repugnant