unfriendly

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• /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/
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From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).

From Middle English unfrendli, from Old English unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner”), equivalent to unfriend + -ly.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: onvriendelik — not friendly; hostile
• Armenian: անբարյացակամ (anbaryacʻakam) — not friendly; hostile
• Bulgarian: враждебен (vraždeben) — not friendly; hostile
• Bulgarian: недружелю́бен (nedruželjúben) — not friendly; hostile
• Catalan: antipàtic — not friendly; hostile
• Chinese Mandarin: 不友好 (bùyǒuhǎo) — not friendly; hostile
• Danish: uvenlig — not friendly; hostile
• Dutch: onvriendelijk — not friendly; hostile
• Esperanto: malamika — not friendly; hostile
• Esperanto: malamikema — not friendly; hostile
• Finnish: epäystävällinen — not friendly; hostile
• Finnish: ynseä — not friendly; hostile
• French: inamical — not friendly; hostile
• German: unfreundlich — not friendly; hostile
• Ancient Greek: ἄφιλος (áphilos) — not friendly; hostile
• Ancient Greek: ἀνάρσιος (anársios) — not friendly; hostile
• Hindi: रूखा (rūkhā) — not friendly; hostile
• Hungarian: barátságtalan — not friendly; hostile
• Irish: doicheallach — not friendly; hostile
• Japanese: 不親切な (fushinsetsu na) — not friendly; hostile
• Korean: 불친절하다 (bulchinjeolhada) — not friendly; hostile
• Latin: hostilis — not friendly; hostile
• Latin: inimīcus — not friendly; hostile
• Low German: unfründlich — not friendly; hostile
• Low German: schabbig — not friendly; hostile
• Luxembourgish: onfrëndlech — not friendly; hostile
• Norwegian Bokmål: uvennlig — not friendly; hostile
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uvenleg — not friendly; hostile
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uvennleg — not friendly; hostile
• Plautdietsch: onfrintlich — not friendly; hostile
• Portuguese: hostil — not friendly; hostile
• Portuguese: antipático — not friendly; hostile
• Romanian: neprietenos — not friendly; hostile
• Romanian: ostil — not friendly; hostile
• Russian: недружелю́бный (nedruželjúbnyj) — not friendly; hostile
• Russian: недру́жественный (nedrúžestvennyj) — not friendly; hostile
• Spanish: antipático — not friendly; hostile
• Spanish: desagradable — not friendly; hostile
• Spanish: hostil — not friendly; hostile
• Tocharian B: eñcare — not friendly; hostile
• Turkish: düşmanca — not friendly; hostile
• Turkish: soğuk — not friendly; hostile
• Bulgarian: неблагосклонен (neblagosklonen) — unfavorable
• Catalan: hostil — unfavorable
• Danish: ufavorabel — unfavorable
• Spanish: desfavorable — unfavorable
• Spanish: negativo — unfavorable