Synonyms for unfriendly
ʌnˈfrɛnd liun·friend·ly

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1. unfriendlyadjective

   Antonyms:
   friendly

2. unfriendlyadjective

   Antonyms:
   friendly

3. unfriendlyadjective

   Antonyms:
   friendly

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1. unfriendly

   Synonyms:
   adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unkind, warlike

   Antonyms:
   accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed

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1. unfriendly

   Synonyms:
   inhospitable, ungenial, unkind, disobliging

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. unfriendlyadjective

   not easy to understand or use

   "user-unfriendly"

   Synonyms:
   uncongenial, hostile, inimical

   Antonyms:
   amiable, companionate, friendly, hospitable, palsy-walsy, informal, neighbourly, matey, affable, pally, hail-fellow-well-met, cozy, couthy, amicable, social, hail-fellow, chummy, cordial, neighborly, comradely, genial, intimate, couthie

2. unfriendlyadjective

   not disposed to friendship or friendliness

   "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

   Synonyms:
   uncongenial, hostile, inimical

   Antonyms:
   friendly, couthy, hospitable, comradely, companionate, cozy, amicable, couthie, cordial, neighbourly, hail-fellow-well-met, chummy, affable, matey, genial, amiable, intimate, hail-fellow, informal, neighborly, social, pally, palsy-walsy

3. unfriendly, inimicaladjective

   not friendly

   "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

   Synonyms:
   uncongenial, hostile, inimical

   Antonyms:
   companionate, genial, chummy, cozy, pally, hail-fellow, couthy, friendly, social, intimate, neighbourly, palsy-walsy, cordial, comradely, hospitable, amiable, hail-fellow-well-met, informal, neighborly, amicable, couthie, matey, affable

4. hostile, uncongenial, unfriendlyadjective

   very unfavorable to life or growth

   "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"

   Synonyms:
   uncongenial, hostile, incompatible, inimical

   Antonyms:
   comradely, hail-fellow-well-met, palsy-walsy, chummy, hail-fellow, amiable, genial, cordial, matey, informal, couthy, social, friendly, couthie, hospitable, amicable, companionate, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, cozy, affable, intimate

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1. not kind

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. unfriendlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unkind, hostile, inimical, malevolent, antagonistic

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1. unfriendlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   hostile, ill-disposed, inimical, malign, unamicable, disaffected, alienated, estranged, antagonistic, unfavorable, adverse

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1. List of paraphrases for "unfriendly":

   hostile

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1. Sarah Palin:

   I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because energy is my baby: oil and gas and minerals, those things that God has dumped on this part of the Earth for mankind's use instead of us relying on unfriendly foreign nations.

2. Aki Peritz:

   Mar-a-Lago has been a porous place ever since Donald Trump declared Donald Trump candidacy and started winning primaries several years ago, if you were any intelligence service, friendly or unfriendly, worth their salt, they would be concentrating their efforts on this incredibly porous place.

3. Leslie Miklosy:

   Mediocrity wants to be your friend. Be unfriendly.

4. Sarah Palin:

   I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because energy is my baby, oil and gas and minerals, those things that God has dumped on this part of the earth for mankind's use, instead of relying on unfriendly foreign nations for us to import their resources.

5. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev:

   NATO's policy with regard to Russia has remained unfriendly and opaque. One could go as far as to say that we have slid back to a new Cold War, almost on an everyday basis we are called one of the most terrible threats either to NATO as a whole or to Europe, or to the United States.