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inimical
[ ih-nim-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful:
a climate inimical to health.
Synonyms: noxious
a cold, inimical gaze.
Synonyms: antagonistic
Antonyms: friendly
inimical
/ ɪˈnɪmɪkəl /
adjective
- adverse or unfavourable
- not friendly; hostile
Derived Forms
- inˈimicalness, noun
- inˈimically, adverb
Other Words From
- in·im·i·cal·ly adverb
- in·im·i·cal·ness noun
- in·im·i·cal·i·ty [ih-nim-i-, kal, -i-tee] noun
- un·in·im·i·cal adjective
- un·in·im·i·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of inimical1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He felt as though there were dark, sinister forces around him—forces which were inimical to what he conceived to be best in him.
The word inimical implies un-amicable, or unfriendly, whence Michael was seemingly the Friend of Man.
The sun should reach them only through the vapours of other life than theirs, inimical to them because of their selfishness.
Lopez, seeing it in the same light, at last agreed that the story should be told in a manner not inimical to himself.
The residents here are Americans by connection and by interest, and are inimical to Great Britain.
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