'Inimical' definitions:
Definition of 'inimical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic" [syn: unfriendly, inimical]
Definition of 'Inimical'
From: GCIDE
- Inimical \In*im"i*cal\ (?; 277), a. [L. inimicalis, fr. inimicus unfriendly, hostile; pref. in- not + amicus friendly. See Amity.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant. [1913 Webster]
- We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to all other governments. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inimical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- aggressive,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- antonymous,
- at cross-purposes,
- balancing,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- breakaway,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- chill,
- chilly,
- clashing,
- cold,
- combative,
- compensating,
- competitive,
- con,
- conflicting,
- confronting,
- contentious,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- converse,
- cool,
- counter,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- cross,
- crotchety,
- dead against,
- detrimental,
- difficult,
- disaccordant,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- enemy,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- fractious,
- frosty,
- full of fight,
- hard,
- harmful,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- icy,
- ill,
- in opposition,
- incompatible,
- inconsistent,
- inhospitable,
- inverse,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- miserable,
- negative,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperative,
- not easy,
- obstinate,
- obverse,
- offensive,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- overthwart,
- perverse,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- reactionary,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- renitent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- reverse,
- revolutionary,
- rigorous,
- rival,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- sinister,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- squared off,
- strained,
- stressful,
- tense,
- trigger-happy,
- troublesome,
- troublous,
- truculent,
- trying,
- unamiable,
- unamicable,
- uncooperative,
- uncordial,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- ungenial,
- unharmonious,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- unpropitious,
- unsociable,
- untoward,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wretched