unfriendly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/

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Etymology 1

From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- +‎ friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).

Adjective

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

1. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
2. Unfavourable.

Antonyms

• friendly

Derived terms

• eco-unfriendly
• user-unfriendly

 

Related terms

• unfriend

Translations

not friendly; hostile

• Afrikaans: onvriendelik
• Armenian: անբարյացակամ (hy) (anbaryacʻakam)
• Bulgarian: враждебен (bg) (vraždeben), недружелю́бен (bg) (nedruželjúben)
• Catalan: antipàtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不友好 (zh) (bùyǒuhǎo)

• Danish: uvenlig
• Dutch: onvriendelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: malamika, malamikema
• Finnish: epäystävällinen (fi), ynseä (fi)
• French: inamical (fr)
• German: unfreundlich (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄφιλος (áphilos), ἀνάρσιος (anársios)

• Hindi: रूखा (hi) (rūkhā)
• Hungarian: barátságtalan (hu)
• Irish: doicheallach
• Japanese: 不親切な (ja) (ふしんせつな, fushinsetsu na)
• Korean: 불친절하다 (ko) (bulchinjeolhada)
• Latin: hostilis (la), inimīcus
• Low German:

  German Low German: unfründlich, schabbig

• Luxembourgish: onfrëndlech
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uvennlig

  Nynorsk: uvenleg, uvennleg

• Plautdietsch: onfrintlich
• Portuguese: hostil (pt), antipático
• Romanian: neprietenos (ro), ostil (ro)
• Russian: недружелю́бный (ru) (nedruželjúbnyj), недру́жественный (ru) (nedrúžestvennyj)
• Spanish: antipático (es), desagradable (es), hostil (es)
• Tocharian B: eñcare
• Turkish: düşmanca (tr), soğuk (tr)

unfavorable

• Bulgarian: неблагосклонен (bg) (neblagosklonen)
• Catalan: hostil
• Danish: ufavorabel
• Spanish: desfavorable (es), negativo (es)

Noun

unfriendly (plural unfriendlies)

1. An enemy.
   • 2005, Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven, page 217:

     Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.

   • 2008, Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity, page 44:

     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).

Etymology 2

From Middle English unfrendli, from Old English unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner”), equivalent to unfriend +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

1. in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend