different between unfriendly vs insulting

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)

  1. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
  2. Unfavourable.
Antonyms
  • friendly
Derived terms
  • user-unfriendly
Related terms
  • unfriend

Translations

Noun

unfriendly (plural unfriendlies)

  1. 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).

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)

  1. in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend

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insulting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?s?lt??/

Adjective

insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)

  1. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

Derived terms

  • insultingly

Translations

Verb

insulting

  1. present participle of insult

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

  1. The act of giving insult.
    • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of a Peacable Temper and Carriage (sermon)
      grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
    • 1689, Thomas Smith, diary
      Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.

Anagrams

  • unlisting

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