different between unfriendly vs insensitive
unfriendly
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?f??n(d)li/
Etymology 1
From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfr?ondl?? (suggested by derivative unfr?ondl??e (“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”).
Adjective
unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)
- Not friendly; hostile; mean.
- Unfavourable.
Antonyms
- friendly
Derived terms
- user-unfriendly
Related terms
- unfriend
Translations
Noun
unfriendly (plural unfriendlies)
- An enemy.
- 2005, Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
- Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
- 2008, Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
- You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).
- 2005, Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
Etymology 2
From Middle English unfrendli, from Old English unfr?ondl??e (“in an unfriendly manner”), equivalent to unfriend +? -ly.
Adverb
unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)
- in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend
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insensitive
English
Etymology
in- +? sensitive
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?s?ns?t?v/
Adjective
insensitive (comparative more insensitive, superlative most insensitive)
- Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people; inconsiderate or incompassionate
- Not expressing normal physical feeling;
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula
- It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula
- Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic
- 1895, Grant Allen, The British Barbarians
- Somehow, when Bertram Ingledew let it once be felt he did not wish to be questioned on any particular point, even women managed to restrain their curiosity: and he would have been either a very bold or a very insensitive man who would have ventured to continue questioning him any further.
- 1994, Jann Arden, "Insensitive" (song)
- Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home, / By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes, / By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face, / That told me you might have some advice to give / On how to be insensitive.
- 1895, Grant Allen, The British Barbarians
Synonyms
- unaffected
- unsensitive
Antonyms
- sensitive
Derived terms
Translations
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