Word Finder - unfriendly

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An enemy.

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Not friendly; hostile; mean.

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Unfavourable.

Her unfriendly gaze shifted to Katie.

Some unfriendly lowlife put a bullet in each of his pretty blue eyes.

The Church, it is true, in council after council, passed decisions unfriendly to the Jews.

His earlier volumes of poems, dealing with romantic themes, received little but unfriendly comment.

Do not approach your neighbor with an unfriendly attitude.

But Benjamin's management of the paper, and particularly his free-thinking, displeased the authorities; the relations of the two brothers gradually grew unfriendly, possibly, as Benjamin thought, because of his brother's jealousy of his superior ability; and Benjamin determined to quit his brother's employ and to leave New England.

Relations with England were now unfriendly, and parliament, in March 1482, denounced Edward IV.

If France, for example, permitted in Tunis or other protectorates operations of an unfriendly character to any power, the injured power would no doubt look to France for redress.

Menno's writings in Plattdeutsch, printed at various places, are numerous, with much sameness, and what an unfriendly critic would call wool-gathering; through them shines a character attractive by the sincerity of its simple and warm spirituality, the secret of Menno's influence.

The presence or absence of useful minerals, plants and animals rendered some congenial, others unfriendly; some areas were the patrons of virile occupations, others of feminine pursuits.

Thirdly, the signatory powers agree that it shall not be regarded as an unfriendly act if one or more powers, strangers to the dispute, on their own initiative offer their good offices or mediation to the states in disagreement, or even during hostilities, if war has already broken out.

He ran as fast as he could through the unfriendly forest, cursing Death for stripping his power.

Stephen's relations with Henry became unfriendly, and in January 1138, in pursuance of Henry's claim to Northumberland, David again invaded.

He advised his fellow-townsmen to send Helen back to her husband, and showed himself not unfriendly to the Greeks and an advocate of peace.

Moreover it is very improbable that he could ever have shone as a public speaker, and to this fact unfriendly critics have attributed, at least in part, his abstention from debate.

Richards one ruling passion was now to punish Philip of France for his unfriendly conduct during his absence.

The alliance arranged at Tilsit was seriously shaken by the Austrian marriage, the threat of a Polish restoration, and the unfriendly policy of Napoleon.

I'd have to disagree with the " not unfriendly " part of that statement.

Sometimes inviting a friend to fish and then leaving them alone can seem unfriendly.

A conflict between Corcyra and Corinth, the second and third naval powers of Greece, led to the simultaneous appearance in Athens of an embassy from either combatant (433) Pericles had, as it seems, resumed of late a plan of Western expansion by forming alliances with Rhegium and Leontini, and the favourable position of Corcyra on the traderoute to Sicily and Italy, as well as its powerful fleet, no doubt helped to induce him to secure an alliance with that island, and so to commit an unfriendly act towards a leading representative of the Peloponnesian League.

But why do churches become so unfriendly, and how can we create a culture of welcome?

Williams ' statement has upset the Europhiles because of its tone, which they see as essentially unfriendly toward Europe.

But when spiritual and secular interests come into unfriendly contact and entanglement; when controversy in regard to them becomes inevitable; from which sphere, the spiritual or the civil, is the final decision to come?

On one point, however, this description was not accurate; Russia sulked so far as Austria was concerned, for she could not forget that the emperor Francis Joseph, by his wavering and unfriendly conduct towards her during the Crimean War, had ill repaid her assistance to the Habsburg Monarchy in 1849, and had fulfilled the cynical prediction of Prince Schwarzenberg that his country would astonish the world by her ingratitude.

The absence of direct testimony can be partially supplied by later events which presuppose the break-up of no inconsiderable state, and imply relations with Samaria which had been by no means so unfriendly as the historians represent.

At a higher stage the spirits of dead kinsmen are no longer unfriendly, nor yet all non-human spirits; as fetishes (see Fetishism), naguals (see Totem), familiars, gods or demi-gods (for which and the general question see Demonology), they enter into relations with man.

Friendly bacteria constantly compete with unfriendly bacteria to maintain healthy balance.

Of course, not every body or every nation can manage to survive and sustain in unfriendly environment.

The internet is an unfriendly place for women wanting to write about politics.

These batteries are environmentally unfriendly, and disposing of them has become an increasing problem.

Any long-locked gal who has ever been caught in a decent breeze knows the annoyance of having strands of hair blow forward and abruptly stick to her mouth thanks to an unfriendly gloss now working as glue.

Some of these microorganisms are harmful, so the health of an individual depends on maintaining the correct balance of friendly and unfriendly bacteria.

Rubber mulch prevents sunlight from touching the weed seeds and also creates an unfriendly barrier for searching weed roots looking to retain a foothold.

Clay makes it hard for water to drain, and creates an unfriendly environment for plant roots because it's difficult for air to circulate.

An invasive, unfriendly tongue is not attractive.

There is a bounty hunter in the barn who is considered mean and unfriendly.

Kids also like the durability, pointing out that the shoes hold up well to foot-stomping of both the friendly and unfriendly variety.

The amount of expectation that comes onto a girl when she's approaching home plate with a bat, expected to hit a high-velocity object hurled at her by a very unfriendly pitcher, is almost as bad as public speaking.

Pilots of both kinds of ship wore Battlestar Galactica helmets for a number of reasons including protection when fighting, and if by chance they were shot down, and found themselves grounded on an alien world with an unfriendly atmosphere.

In fact, only hosts that either insist you use their web design interface, or those that are specifically designed for other programs (usually Microsoft's FrontPage), will be unfriendly toward Dreamweaver.

Unfortunately, the early web was fairly unfriendly to graphics, and often art contributions ended up being simple background GIFs and little more.

Jule's smiles were less reserved than those of the other men despite his unfriendly appearance.

Given his guard of four warriors and his unfriendly gaze, maybe she should be grateful someone wrenched her arm off to get her away from him.

More likely Clara wanted to ask questions, but if she said no it might be construed as unfriendly.

For this unfriendly act he was deposed and replaced by Biren, who had previously been duke of Courland (1737-40) and had since been an exile in Siberia and Yarosla y.

During the campaign many prominent labour leaders opposed the election of Mr Taft, on the ground that his decisions while on the bench had been unfriendly to organized labour.

He magnanimously pardoned his brother, and they lived on not unfriendly terms for the next five years.

A strong party in the Provinces were unfriendly to the Commonwealth, and insults were offered in the Hague to the English envoys.

But even in censure Johnson's tone is not unfriendly.

The new emperor proved unfriendly to the Venetians and made difficulties about renewing their privileges.