Need another word that means the same as “unfriendly”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “unfriendly” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Unfriendly” are: inimical, hostile, uncongenial, disagreeable, misanthropic, antagonistic, aggressive, unfavourable, disadvantageous, unpropitious, inauspicious, negative, alien, damaging, destructive
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unfriendly” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| aggressive | Tending to spread quickly. An aggressive tumor. |
| alien | Unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful. An alien culture. |
| antagonistic | Characterized by antagonism or antipathy. Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States. |
| damaging | Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions. Damaging to career and reputation. |
| destructive | Causing great and irreparable damage. A policy that is destructive to the economy. |
| disadvantageous | Involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness. A disadvantageous outcome. |
| disagreeable | Not to your liking. A disagreeable old man. |
| hostile | Not belonging to your own country’s forces or those of an ally. A hostile nation. |
| inauspicious | Unlucky. This is the inauspicious star of disaster. |
| inimical | Tending to obstruct or harm. An inimical alien power. |
| misanthropic | Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others. A misanthropic drunken loner. |
| negative | Having a negative charge. A negative outlook on life. |
| uncongenial | Not suitable to your tastes or needs. The task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs. |
| unfavourable | Likely to lead to an adverse outcome. Single mothers are often the target of unfavourable press attention. |
| unpropitious | Not propitious. His reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time. |
| aloof | In an aloof manner. They were courteous but faintly aloof. |
| antagonistic | Relating to an antagonist or its action. An antagonistic group of bystanders. |
| antisocial | Relating to or having an antisocial personality disorder. Standoffish and antisocial. |
| behaviour | The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others. His insulting behaviour towards me. |
| chilly | (of a person) feeling cold. A female form in marble a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues. |
| combative | Striving to overcome in argument. He made some enemies with his combative style. |
| disaffected | Dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control. A military plot by disaffected elements in the army. |
| disapproval | The expression of disapproval. Jill replied with a hint of disapproval in her voice. |
| discrepant | Not in accord. The reasons for these discrepant results are unclear. |
| dissonant | Lacking harmony. Irregular dissonant chords. |
| hostile | Of or belonging to a military enemy. Hostile tender offer. |
| icily | In a cold and icy manner. |
| incompatible | Not compatible with other facts. Incompatible colors. |
| incongruous | Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness. Incongruous behavior. |
| inconsistent | Acting at variance with one’s own principles or former behaviour. Inconsistent with the roadmap. |
| inharmonious | Lacking in harmony of parts. An inharmonious or incongruous mixture of architectural styles. |
| inhospitable | Unfavorable to life or growth. The barren inhospitable desert. |
| inimical | Not friendly. An inimical critic. |
| irreconcilable | (of people) implacably hostile to each other. These two views of the economy are irreconcilable. |
| psychopath | Someone with a sociopathic personality a person with an antisocial personality disorder psychopath was once widely used but has now been superseded by sociopath. Playground psychopaths will gather around a fight to encourage the combatants. |
| reclusive | Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude. Sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree. |
| reserved | Kept specially for a particular person. He is a reserved almost taciturn man. |
| sociopath | Someone with a sociopathic personality a person with an antisocial personality disorder psychopath was once widely used but has now been superseded by sociopath. |
| unfavorable | Not favorable. Unfavorable impression. |
| unsociable | Not inclined to society or companionship. Terry was grumpy and unsociable. |
| unsocial | (of the hours of work of a job) falling outside the normal working day and thus socially inconvenient. Mountain goats are relatively unsocial. |
| upstage | Move upstage forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience. He was upstage with strangers. |
| violent | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. Violent dislike. |
| windswept | (of a place) exposed to strong winds. His windswept hair. |
| withdrawn | Withdrawn from society seeking solitude. When her husband died she became very withdrawn. |
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