unfriendly

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not disposed to friendship or friendliness

   an unfriendly coldness of manner

2. 2
   adj

   not easy to understand or use

   user-unfriendly

3. 3
   adj

   not friendly

   an unfriendly act of aggression

4. 4
   adj

   Not friendly; hostile; mean.

   Shrekkies will notice that the musical is going off-piste from the film right from the start when the curtain rises to reveal a seven-year-old Shrek turfed out into an unfriendly world by his parents.

5. 5
   noun

   An enemy.

   Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.

6. 6
   adj

   very unfavorable to life or growth

7. 7
   adj

   Unfavourable.

8. 8
   adv

   in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend

Etymology

From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).