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Inimical
Inimical Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Inimical?
[adj] not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Inimical: hostile |
unfriendly
Related Terms | Find terms related to Inimical: adversary |
adversative |
adverse |
adversive |
aggressive |
alien |
antagonistic |
anti |
antipathetic |
antithetic |
antonymous |
at cross-purposes |
balancing |
battling |
bellicose |
belligerent |
bloodthirsty |
bloody |
bloody-minded |
breakaway |
chauvinist |
chauvinistic |
chill |
chilly |
clashing |
cold |
combative |
compensating |
competitive |
con |
conflicting |
confronting |
contentious |
contradicting |
contradictory |
contradistinct |
contrapositive |
contrarious |
contrary |
contrasted |
converse |
cool |
counter |
counteractant |
counteracting |
counteractive |
counterbalancing |
counterpoised |
countervailing |
counterworking |
cranky |
cross |
crotchety |
dead against |
detrimental |
difficult |
disaccordant |
discordant |
discrepant |
dissentient |
dissident |
enemy |
eyeball to eyeball |
ferocious |
fierce |
fighting |
fractious |
frosty |
full of fight |
hard |
harmful |
hawkish |
hostile |
icy |
ill |
in opposition |
incompatible |
inconsistent |
inhospitable |
inverse |
jingo |
jingoish |
jingoist |
jingoistic |
martial |
militant |
militaristic |
military |
miserable |
negative |
nonconformist |
noncooperative |
not easy |
obstinate |
obverse |
offensive |
opponent |
opposed |
opposing |
opposite |
oppositional |
oppositive |
oppugnant |
overthwart |
perverse |
pugnacious |
quarrelsome |
reactionary |
recalcitrant |
refractory |
renitent |
repugnant |
resistant |
reverse |
revolutionary |
rigorous |
rival |
saber-rattling |
sanguinary |
sanguineous |
savage |
scrappy |
sinister |
soldierlike |
soldierly |
squared off |
strained |
stressful |
tense |
trigger-happy |
troublesome |
troublous |
truculent |
trying |
unamiable |
unamicable |
uncooperative |
uncordial |
unfavorable |
unfriendly |
ungenial |
unharmonious |
unpacific |
unpeaceable |
unpeaceful |
unpropitious |
unsociable |
untoward |
warlike |
warmongering |
warring |
wretched
See Also |
Inimical In Webster's Dictionary
\In*im"i*cal\ (?; 277), a. [L. inimicalis, fr. inimicus
unfriendly, hostile; pref. in- not + amicus friendly. See
{Amity}.]
1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly;
unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is
to public, enmity.
2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic;
inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.
We are at war with a system, which, by its essence,
is inimical to all other governments. --Burke.
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