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)

Not friendly; hostile; mean.
Unfavourable.

Antonyms

friendly

Derived terms

user-unfriendly

Related terms

unfriend

Translations

not friendly; hostile

Armenian: անբարյացակամ (hy) (anbaryacʿakam)
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)
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)

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)

in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend