Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unfriendly
IPA transcription: [ənfɹ'ɛndli]
Pronunciations of unfriendly
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: unfriendly
    Meaning: not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
  • Synonyms: unfriendly
    Meaning: not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly"
  • Synonyms: hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly
    Meaning: very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
  • Synonyms: unfriendly, inimical
    Meaning: not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
Usage examples
  • A party of fifty Crow Indians made an unfriendly visit to their camp on one very dark night.
  • Our bearded and sun-burned faces, long hair, and generally rough attire, added to our unfriendly attitude, must have puzzled the approaching horsemen.
  • You will, no doubt, at the same time, have collected from the general scope of them, that they proceed from a source not unfriendly to the new Constitution.
  • This is where I resort, as the isolation and kindliness of the supports lend themselves to proceedings which might not be tolerated by the unfriendly hedge.
  • He was brought up by Grigory and Marfa, but the boy grew up "with no sense of gratitude," as Grigory expressed it; he was an unfriendly boy, and seemed to look at the world mistrustfully.
  • Six o'clock was our usual hour of departure, and ten or twelve hours our traveling time, always tying up at a plaia or island, of which there are hosts in the Napo, but never to the main land, for fear of unfriendly Indians and the still more unwelcome tiger. Our crew encamped at a respectful though hailing distance.
  • The sight was awe-inspiring in the extreme as one contemplated this mighty floating funeral pyre, drifting unguided and unmanned through the lonely wastes of the Martian heavens; a derelict of death and destruction, typifying the life story of these strange and ferocious creatures into whose unfriendly hands fate had carried it.
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1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 1973 world oil market chronology, License CC BY-SA 4.0