| Main Entry: | averse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposing |
Synonyms: |
afraid, allergic, antagonistic, antipathetic, contrary, disinclined, disliking, having no use for, hesitant, hostile, ill-disposed, indisposed, inimical, loath, nasty, perverse, reluctant, uneager, unfavorable, unfriendly, unwilling |
| Notes: | aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude averse means reluctant or disinclined; adverse means hostile and antagonistic |
Antonyms: |
caring, liking, loving, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | disobliging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, annoying |
Synonyms: |
awkward, disagreeable, discourteous, ill-disposed, ill-natured, unaccommodating, unamiable, uncivil, uncongenial, uncooperative, unhelpful, unpleasant |
Antonyms: |
accommodating, agreeable, civil, cooperative, courteous, mannered, mannerly, polite |
| Main Entry: | hostile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, mean |
Synonyms: |
adverse, alien, allergic, anti*, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, disapproving, dour, hateful, ill-disposed, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, oppugnant, ornery*, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, friendly, gentle, kind, nice, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | inimical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, contrary |
Synonyms: |
adverse, antipathetic, destructive, disaffected, harmful, hostile, hurtful, ill, ill-disposed, inimicable, injurious, noxious, opposed, oppugnant, pernicious, repugnant, unfavorable, unfriendly, unwelcoming |
Antonyms: |
friendly, hospitable, kind |
| Main Entry: | malicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
Synonyms: |
awful, bad-natured, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty, cussed, deleterious, despiteful, detrimental, envious, evil, evil-minded, green*, green-eyed, gross*, ill-disposed, injurious, jealous, low, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, mischievous, nasty, noxious, ornery, pernicious, petty, poisonous, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, uncool, vengeful, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, friendly, good, kind, likeable, sympathetic, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | spiteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurtful, nasty |
Synonyms: |
accidentally on purpose, angry, barbed, catty, cruel, cussed, despiteful, dirty, evil, hateful, ill-disposed, ill-natured, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, ornery*, rancorous, snide, spleenful, splenetic, venomous, vicious, vindictive, waspish, wicked |
Antonyms: |
affectionate, forgiving, helpful, loving, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | unfriendly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, hostile |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, against, alien, aloof, antagonistic, antisocial, censorious, chilly, cold, combative, competitive, conflicting, contrary, disaffected, disagreeable, distant, estranged, grouchy, grudging, gruff, hateful, ill-disposed, inauspicious, inhospitable, inimical, malicious, malignant, misanthropic, not on speaking terms, opposed, opposite, quarrelsome, sour, spiteful, surly, uncharitable, uncongenial, unfavorable, unneighborly, unpropitious, unsociable, vengeful, warlike |
Antonyms: |
approachable, friendly, kind, nice, sociable |
| Main Entry: | resentful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, adverse, alien, allergic, anti*, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, disapproving, dour, embittered, hard, hateful, ill-disposed, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, oppugnant, ornery*, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike |