different between unsympathetic vs unfriendly
unsympathetic
English
Etymology
un- +? sympathetic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t?k
Adjective
unsympathetic (comparative more unsympathetic, superlative most unsympathetic)
- Not sympathetic.
Translations
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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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