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inimical
[ ih-nim-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful:
a climate inimical to health.
Synonyms:
a cold, inimical gaze.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
inimical
/ ɪˈɪɪə /
adjective
- adverse or unfavourable
- not friendly; hostile
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ···· adverb
- ····Ա noun
- ·····ٲ [ih-nim-i-, kal, -i-tee] noun
- ܲ···· adjective
- un····· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of inimical1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It recently backed a Cabinet viewed as inimical to its interests in a bid to unlock reconstruction funds.
It said the institutions "espouse economic theories and policies that are inimical to American principles of free market and limited government principles."
More broadly, a massive and growing media marketing complex culturally "manufactures" modern high-consumption lifestyles, which are inimical to the environment and to human health and well-being.
As for those who think there’s something un-American in a wealth tax, they can take up the issue with the Founding Fathers, who considered generationally accumulated wealth to be inimical to a free republic.
Paradoxically, this sort of love for an animal can be inimical to its welfare.
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