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inimical
What does inimical mean?
inimical (adjective): unfriendly, hostile.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use inimical in a sentence?
- An inimical critic. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce inimical?
/ɪˈnɪmɪkəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does inimical come from?
From Late Latin inimīcālis (“hostile”), from inimīcus (“enemy”) (from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”)) + -ālis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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worthy of imitation
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quick and energetic
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unfriendly, hostile
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fraught with danger
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