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| Main Entry: | inimical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, contrary |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipathetic, destructive, disaffected, harmful, hostile, hurtful, ill, injurious, noxious, opposed, pernicious, repugnant, unfavorable, unfriendly, ill-disposed, inimicable, oppugnant, unwelcoming |
| Antonyms: | friendly, hospitable, kind |
| Main Entry: | adverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfavorable, antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | conflicting, contrary, detrimental, disadvantageous, inimical, injurious, inopportune, negative, opposed, opposing, opposite, ornery*, reluctant, repugnant, stuffy*, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unwilling, allergic to, down on, down side, have no use for, oppugning |
| 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: | advantageous, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, helpful, lucky, propitious, aiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | averse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposing |
| Synonyms: | afraid, allergic, antagonistic, antipathetic, contrary, disinclined, hesitant, hostile, indisposed, inimical, loath, nasty, perverse, reluctant, unfavorable, unfriendly, unwilling, disliking, having no use for, ill-disposed, uneager |
| Antonyms: | liking, loving, sympathetic, caring |
| Main Entry: | contrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic; opposite |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipathetic, antipodal, antithetical, balky, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, anti, antipodean, contrariant, dissentient, paradoxical, recusant, wrongheaded |
| Antonyms: | accommodating, agreeing, alike, correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar, concordant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detrimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damaging, disadvantageous |
| Synonyms: | adverse, bad, baleful, deleterious, destructive, disturbing, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, mischievous, negative, nocuous, pernicious, prejudicial, unfavorable |
| Antonyms: | advantageous, assisting, beneficial, helpful, profitable |
| Main Entry: | harmful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | injurious, hurtful |
| Synonyms: | adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, calamitous, consumptive, corrupting, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, dire, disadvantageous, disastrous, evil, incendiary, inimical, internecine, malicious, malignant, menacing, mischievous, murderous, nocuous, noxious, painful, pernicious, pestiferous, risky, ruinous, sinful, sinister, subversive, toxic, unhealthy, unsafe, unwholesome, virulent, cataclysmic, catastrophic, corroding, crippling, harassing, malefic, pestilential, undermining |
| Main Entry: | hostile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, mean |
| Synonyms: | adverse, alien, allergic, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty*, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, dour, hateful, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, ornery*, pugnacious, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike, anti*, disapproving, ill-disposed, oppugnant, rancorous, scrappy, unwelcoming |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, gentle, kind, nice, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurtful, injurious |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, hateful, hostile, inimical, malevolent, malignant, noxious, pernicious, sinister, spiteful, vicious, wicked, despiteful, malefic, maleficent, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | benign, helpful, nice, aiding |
| Main Entry: | opposed/opposing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, against |
| Synonyms: | allergic*, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, against the grain, anti*, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | assisting, compatible, helping, similar, aiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlike, conflicting; completely different |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, corresponding, counter, crosswise, diametric, different, dissimilar, diverse, facing, hostile, inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, obverse, opposed, ornery*, polar, repugnant, retrograde, reverse, reversed, separate, unconnected, unrelated, antipodean, contrapositive, contrasted, diametrically opposed, differing, flip-side, fronting, paradoxical, unalike, unsimilar, violative, vis-á-vis |
| Antonyms: | compatible, like, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prejudicial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmful, undermining |
| Synonyms: | bad, biased, bigoted, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, discriminatory, evil, hurtful, inimical, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, unfavorable, unjust, counterproductive, differential |
| Antonyms: | fair, just, unbiased, approving |
| Main Entry: | repugnant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, obnoxious; hostile |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, adverse, against, alien, antagonistic, antipathetic, averse, conflicting, contradictory, counter, creepy*, different, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, foul, hateful, incompatible, inconsistent, inimical, invidious, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, odious, offensive, opposed, opposite, repellent, revolting, sickening, unfriendly, vile, horrid, in opposition, inconsonant, revulsive, unconformable, unfitted |
| Antonyms: | friendly, good, nice, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfavorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, calamitous, contrary, damaging, destructive, disadvantageous, hostile, ill, ill-advised, improper, inadvisable, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient, inimical, inopportune, late, low, malapropos, negative, objectionable, ominous, opposed, poor, regrettable, tardy, threatening, troublesome, unfit, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuited, untimely, untoward, wrong, discommodious, infelicitous, unpromising |
| Antonyms: | favorable, friendly, good, nice |
| 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, grouchy, gruff, hateful, inauspicious, inhospitable, inimical, malicious, malignant, misanthropic, opposed, opposite, quarrelsome, sour, spiteful, surly, uncharitable, uncongenial, unfavorable, unpropitious, unsociable, vengeful, warlike, estranged, grudging, ill-disposed, not on speaking terms, unneighborly |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, kind, nice, sociable |
| Main Entry: | vengeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | retaliating; hating |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, hostile, implacable, inimical, punitive, relentless, revengeful, spiteful, unforgiving, vindictive, avenging, rancorous, retaliatory |
| Antonyms: | condoning, forgiving, liking, pardoning |
| Main Entry: | warlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, battling |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, combative, contentious, contrary, fighting, inimical, martial, militant, military, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, unfriendly, warring, attacking, contending, gladiatorial, hawkish, militaristic, ructious, soldierly, warmongering |
| Antonyms: | peaceful, harmonizing |
| Main Entry: | antagonistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposing |
| Synonyms: | combative, hostile, inimical, unfriendly |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, kind |
| Main Entry: | opposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | against, allergic, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposing, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, anti, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | in favor of |
| Main Entry: | untoward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
| Synonyms: | adverse, annoying, awkward, contrary, disastrous, disturbing, fractious, hapless, inauspicious, inconvenient, inimical, inopportune, intractable, irritating, luckless, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, star-crossed, undisciplined, unfavorable, unfortunate, ungovernable, unhappy, unlucky, unmanageable, unpropitious, unruly, untimely, unyielding, vexatious, wild, ill-starred, indocile, misfortunate, unpliable |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, happy, lucky |
| Main Entry: | glacial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antagonistic, chill, cold, cool, distant, emotionless, frigid, hostile, icy, inaccessible, indifferent, inimical, remote, reserved, standoffish, unapproachable, unemotional, withdrawn, seclusive |
| Antonyms: | amicable, friendly, warm |
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