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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How to use unfriendly in a sentence?

1. Walter Bagehot:

   A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.

2. Yuri Kochetkov/Pool -RRB- Putin:

   Western countries aren’t only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic sphere, but top officials from leading NATO members made aggressive statements regarding our country.

3. Dmitry Peskov:

   The relations now have hit the bottom, there are certain consequences of the unfriendly measures taken against our country and the retaliatory measures taken by us.

4. John Hannah:

   Too many times, too many administrations, every president eventually gets mugged by reality on this and comes to the conclusion that as hard as it is to live with Saudi Arabia as close partners, given the huge gap in values that exists between the two societies, it's even much harder to have to deal with them as potential adversaries or as an unfriendly country, they just remain too important.

5. Sophia Kulich:

   Russia used to be popular, but unfortunately that’s declined lately due to sanctions and an unfriendly policy toward gay travelers.