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To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.
David Viscott

Meaning of "unfriendly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNFRIENDLY

unfriendly  [ʌnˈfrɛndlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNFRIENDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unfriendly can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES UNFRIENDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Friendly

Friendly may refer to: ▪ Friendly, the stage name of Australian-born musician Andrew Kornweibel ▪ Exhibition game or friendly match, in association football; a game which has no consequence in a wider competition ▪ Friendly, an animal character in The Animals of Farthing Wood ▪ Friendly Center, a shopping mall in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States ▪ Friendly numbers, numbers which share the ratio : ▪ Friendly TV, a British TV station 2003 - 2010 ▪ Friendly's, an American restaurant chain...

Definition of unfriendly in the English dictionary

The first definition of unfriendly in the dictionary is not friendly; hostile. Other definition of unfriendly is unfavourable or disagreeable. Unfriendly is also in an unfriendly manner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNFRIENDLY


blandly
ˈblændlɪ
blindly
ˈblaɪndlɪ
Brindley
ˈbrɪndlɪ
determinedly
dɪˈtɜːmɪndlɪ
ecofriendly
ˈiːkəʊˌfrɛndlɪ
environment-friendly
ɪnˈvaɪərənməntˌfrɛndlɪ
fondly
ˈfɒndlɪ
friendly
ˈfrɛndlɪ
gay-friendly
ˈɡeɪˌfrɛndlɪ
grandly
ˈɡrændlɪ
husbandly
ˈhʌzbəndlɪ
jocundly
ˈdʒɒkəndlɪ
kindly
ˈkaɪndlɪ
profoundly
prəˈfaʊndlɪ
roundly
ˈraʊndlɪ
secondly
ˈsɛkəndlɪ
soundly
ˈsaʊndlɪ
spindly
ˈspɪndlɪ
unkindly
ʌnˈkaɪndlɪ
unsoundly
ʌnˈsaʊndlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNFRIENDLY

unfrequented
unfrequently
unfretted
unfriend
unfriended
unfriendedness
unfriendlier
unfriendliest
unfriendlily
unfriendliness
unfriendship
unfrighted
unfrightened
unfrivolous
unfrock
unfroze
unfrozen
unfructuous
unfruitful
unfruitfully

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNFRIENDLY

allegedly
badly
deadly
environmentally friendly
hardly
moribundly
overfondly
ozone-friendly
proudly
purblindly
rapidly
repandly
repeatedly
reportedly
rotundly
sadly
secundly
to put it mildly
undoubtedly
user-friendly

Synonyms and antonyms of unfriendly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNFRIENDLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unfriendly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unfriendly

Translation of «unfriendly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNFRIENDLY

Find out the translation of unfriendly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unfriendly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unfriendly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不友好的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antipático
570 millions of speakers

English

unfriendly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अमित्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَيْرُ وُديّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

недружелюбный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antipático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনাত্মীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antipathique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak mesra
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unfreundlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不親切な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불친절한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora seneng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thân thiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அன்பில்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मित्रत्वाचा नसलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşmanca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scortese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieprzyjazny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недружній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neprietenos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφιλόξενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvriendelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ovänlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uvennlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unfriendly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFRIENDLY»

The term «unfriendly» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.158 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFRIENDLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unfriendly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unfriendly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unfriendly

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9 QUOTES WITH «UNFRIENDLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unfriendly.
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
Whittaker Chambers
My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you, you will see pass, like a cloud passing behind a woods in winter, the memory of your father - dissembled in friendly eyes, lurking in unfriendly eyes.
3
John Dewey
Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.
4
April Gornik
My work is about the underbelly of the beauty of nature - and the dark side of nature is its indifference. Nature isn't friendly, nor is it unfriendly - it's the perfect embodiment of the Other.
5
Daniel Hannan
New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated our precise circumstances. How he was possible, I still don't understand; but there isn't a day I'm not grateful that he speaks to me in my own language.
6
Joanne Harris
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
7
Chiang Kai-shek
In the early days of the Russian Revolution in 1917, I was completely in sympathy with it. I felt that it established a new era in the history of the modern world. I was so overwhelmed by it that, if people made any unfriendly comment, I would vigorously defend it. If people condemned the Communist party, I would speak in its defense.
8
Bob Newhart
The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
9
David Viscott
To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFRIENDLY»

Discover the use of unfriendly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unfriendly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
User Unfriendly
It’s the most advanced computer role-playing game ever: When you play you’re really there—in a dark dream teeming with evil creatures, danger-filled fortresses, and malevolent sorceries.
Vivian Vande Velde, 2001
2
Unfriendly Competition
This is the final book of the Canterwood Crest books starring Sasha Silver. Though the series will continue, there will be a new main character to narrate the series!
Jessica Burkhart, 2011
3
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and ...
When the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy emerged as a political compromise under Bill Clinton in 1993, it only ended up worsening the destructive gay ban that had been on the books since World War II. Drawing on more than a decade of ...
Nathaniel Frank, 2009
4
Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the ...
Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era “witch hunts” for Communists and ...
Milly S. Barranger, 2008
5
The Unfriendly Book
Bertha thought that she was Judy's best friend and was jealous when Judy played with other kids.
Charlotte Zolotow, 1975
6
This Unfriendly Soil: The Loyalist Experience in Nova ...
Loyalists in Nova Scotia hoped that their anticipated prosperity, to be achieved with British aid, would show that the American rebellion had been a terrible mistake.
Neil MacKinnon, 1989
7
Unfriendly skies: revelations of a deregulated airline pilot
This book--which the author, an anonymous commercial airline pilot, felt compelled to write--offers the first no-holds-barred portrait of American aviation in the late 1980s, the age of deregulation.
Brian Power-Waters, Reynolds Dodson, 1989
8
User Unfriendly: Consumer Struggles with Personal ...
User Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependency on machines and gadgets.
Joseph J. Corn, 2011
9
Unfriendly fire: a mother's memoir
Unfriendly Fire draws on the many letters sent to the Mullens after Michael's death; in addition, Michael's own bitter, weary letters home are reprinted.
Peg Mullen, 1995
10
Why Be Unfriendly?
This series uses child-friendly stories and illustrations to show how conflict situations can be resolved.
Janine Amos, Annabel Spenceley, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFRIENDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unfriendly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
AP-GfK poll: Americans on board with Cuba diplomacy
Sixty percent of Americans still think Cuba is at least unfriendly toward the United States, but just 15 percent said it's an enemy. Most Americans consider Iran ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
2
'Unfriendly' Australia rejects Russian visas
The Russian embassy in Canberra claimed it was an “unfriendly” act by Australia, while organisers of the three-day symposium said they were not sure why ... «The New Daily, Jul 15»
3
Greece's economy 'unfriendly to investment and growth'
Temzelides has worked and consulted for several institutions, including the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and ... «Your Houston News, Jun 15»
4
Travel + Leisure ranks Philadelphia the third most unfriendly city in …
The only two cities more unfriendly than we are? Detroit and New York, the latter of which nabbed the top spot thanks to its “brusque cabbies” and “the fact that ... «Philly.com, May 15»
5
China to Get Tougher on Eco-unfriendly Officials
The State Council, the mainland's chief administrative authority, said the officials would be held responsible for their “lifetime”. A document released by the ... «China Digital Times, May 15»
6
Tesla P85D Test Drive, BMW i3 On Amazon, Electric Mustang …
Tesla P85D Test Drive, BMW i3 On Amazon, Electric Mustang, Unfriendly Kia Dealer… (Cleantech Talk #10). April 20th, 2015 by Zachary Shahan. Chris and I ... «Gas 2.0, Apr 15»
7
Franchot says state's 'unfriendly' business reputation will be turned …
Within six months, people will see a drastic change in Maryland's “business-unfriendly” reputation, according to Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. Speaking ... «Frederick News Post, Mar 15»
8
Unfriendly Persuasion by CFOs Could Spur Faulty Audits
Unfriendly Persuasion by CFOs Could Spur Faulty Audits. Caught between the need to serve clients and the requirement to be skeptical of them, auditors may ... «CFO Magazine, Feb 15»
9
"Increasingly unfriendly" environment at Jesus
Many members of staff, some of whom have worked at the College for over a decade, recently quit their jobs due to the increasingly unfriendly environment they ... «Cherwell Online, Jan 15»
10
Unfriendly fire: The casualty of war Ottawa would rather forget
The casket of Maj. Paeta Hess von Kruedener is carried by from the church following his memorial service in Kingston, Ont. in 2006. (CP PHOTO/Tom Hanson). «iPolitics.ca, Nov 14»

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