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Synonyms & Antonyms of inimical
1
marked by opposition or ill will
- received an inimical response rather than the anticipated support
Synonyms for inimical
Words Related to inimical
- adverse,
- argumentative,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- clashing,
- combative,
- conflicting,
- contentious,
- contrary,
- disputatious,
- militant,
- opposed,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- resisting,
- scrappy,
- truculent
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2
opposed to one's interests
- laws designed to enhance national security that some regard as inimical to cherished freedoms
Synonyms for inimical
Words Related to inimical
- damaging,
- deleterious,
- destructive,
- detrimental,
- fatal,
- harmful,
- hurtful,
- ill,
- injurious,
- lethal,
- malignant,
- murderous,
- noxious,
- pernicious,
- poisonous,
- ruinous,
- threatening,
- troublesome,
- unhealthy,
- wounding
- dangerous,
- hazardous,
- imperiling
- (or imperilling),
- jeopardizing,
- parlous,
- perilous,
- risky,
- unsafe
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The first known use of inimical was in 1573
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