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inimical

adj
/ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kəl/

Etymology

From Late Latin inimīcālis (“hostile”), from inimīcus (“enemy”) (from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”)) + -ālis.

  1. borrowed from inimīcālis

Definitions

  1. Harmful in effect.

    • She doesn’t want to touch it, and indeed every particle of her screams against doing so because it is somehow inimical to her.

  2. Unfriendly, hostile.

    • Her inimical attitude precludes romance.

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Derived

inimicality, inimically, inimicalness, uninimical

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA