inimical

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=im=i=cal

CIDE DICTIONARY

inimical, a. [L. inimicalis, fr. inimicus unfriendly, hostile; pref. in- not + amicus friendly. See Amity.].

•  Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity.  [1913 Webster]
•  Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.  [1913 Webster]

  "We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to all other governments."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inimical, adj. (usu. foll. by to)
1 hostile.
2 harmful.

Derivative

inimically adv.

Etymology

LL inimicalis f. L inimicus (as IN-(1), amicus friend)

THESAURUS

inimical

adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, aggressive, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross-purposes, balancing, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, breakaway, chauvinist, chauvinistic, chill, chilly, clashing, cold, combative, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, contentious, contradicting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, cool, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, detrimental, difficult, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, dissident, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, ferocious, fierce, fighting, fractious, frosty, full of fight, hard, harmful, hawkish, hostile, icy, ill, in opposition, incompatible, inconsistent, inhospitable, inverse, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, martial, militant, militaristic, military, miserable, negative, nonconformist, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obverse, offensive, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, pugnacious, quarrelsome, reactionary, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent, repugnant, resistant, reverse, revolutionary, rigorous, rival, saber-rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, sinister, soldierlike, soldierly, squared off, strained, stressful, tense, trigger-happy, troublesome, troublous, truculent, trying, unamiable, unamicable, uncooperative, uncordial, unfavorable, unfriendly, ungenial, unharmonious, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, unpropitious, unsociable, untoward, warlike, warmongering, warring, wretched

ROGET THESAURUS

inimical

Opposition

N opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.

Enmity

N enmity, hostility, unfriendliness, discord, bitterness, rancor, alienation, estrangement, dislike, hate, heartburning, animosity, malevolence, inimical, unfriendly, hostile, at enmity, at variance, at daggers drawn, at open war with, up in arms against, in bad odor with, on bad terms, not on speaking terms, cool, cold, cold hearted, estranged, alienated, disaffected, irreconcilable.