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Synonyms & Antonyms for unfriendly
Synonyms
antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unsympathetic, wintry (also wintery)
Antonyms
cordial, friendly, genial, happy, hearty, sympathetic, warm, warm-blooded, warmhearted
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Swift has an unfriendly history with Justin Bieber. — Bill Werde, Billboard, "What's the End Game? Why Taylor Swift's Plan to Re-Record Her Old Albums is So Perplexing (Guest Column)," 26 Aug. 2019 Throughout the trial, which has lasted three weeks, True has tried to show that Hurst and Emmons were unfriendly rivals for influence with Lundergan and Grimes during the races in 2011 through 2015. — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, "Witness says Jerry Lundergan left him a bag with $20K in cash and a $25K check," 26 Aug. 2019 The battleship and other unfriendly touches at the South branch, 3096 Scranton Road in Tremont, are gone. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Public Library to kick off 10-year, $100M project to improve 27 neighborhood branches," 25 Aug. 2019 They were seen arriving to the French city in a private jet, causing backlash from critics who say the eco-unfriendly form of travel conflicts with the couple's fight against climate change. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Elton John Clarifies Why He Let Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Archie Stay at His Home in Nice, France," 19 Aug. 2019 Like elsewhere in the world, delaying motherhood has become more common in China, with high costs of living, long working hours, unfriendly maternity policies and high child care costs. — Serenitie Wang, CNN, "Recovering from one child: China's growing fertility problem," 7 May 2018 By the way, some parents have asked for guidance on the best way to talk to their children about our unfriendly environment. — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, "Singin’ in the Acid Rain," 24 June 2019 That resulted in a production schedule that was decidedly worker-unfriendly (since the movie was in production basically around the clock for those nine months). — Emily Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "Toy Story 2 is the best Toy Story," 21 June 2019 Wyman, a single mother who relied on her job to support herself and her child, agreed to the dinners to maintain her job security and ensure she wasn’t seen as unmotivated or unfriendly, the suit claimed. — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, "Boss at Warriors sponsor Rakuten sabotaged woman’s job for spurning his advances, lawsuit claims," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unfriendly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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