Synonyms for inimical
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Hostile — unfriendly, hostile
hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, harmful, prejudicial, detrimental, contrary, repugnant, opposed, opposing, unfavorable US, unfavourable UK, warlike, adverse, opposite, hurtful, incompatible, contradictory, conflicting, inimic rare
Other
inimicable rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unfriendly, hostile.
Her inimical attitude precludes romance.
Example sentences
- hostile The Soviet Union took a hostile attitude toward us.
- harmful There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
- unfriendly Tom told Mary that he thought John was unfriendly.
- antagonistic The two countries are antagonistic to each other.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inimical | falling | |
| hostile | steady | |
| harmful | steady | |
| unfriendly | steady | |
| antagonistic | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- inimic
- 7 letters
- opposed2, hostile2, harmful2, adverse2, hurtful2, warlike2
- 8 letters
- opposite3, contrary3, opposing3
- 9 letters
- repugnant3
- 10 letters
- unfriendly3, inimicable
- 11 letters
- conflicting3, detrimental4, unfavorable5, prejudicial4
- 12 letters
- incompatible5, antagonistic5, unfavourable
- 13 letters
- contradictory5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (opposed2 = 2 syllables).