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How to pronounce inimical in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms unfriendly
Derivation enmity


an inimical critic.

Examples of inimical

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Both are insults to the survivors and inimical to the pursuit of historical truth.
From the cnn.com
A distressing number of student groups are inimical to free speech these days.
From the ocregister.com
The state already controls marriage in ways that are inimical to religion.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Its pulse yaws between delirium and coma, an instability inimical to life.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Goldman believed that the economic system of capitalism was inimical to human liberty.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Of course, that would be inimical to the interests of Bear's creditors.
From the businessweek.com
Islam is undoubtedly compatible with socialism, but it is inimical to atheistic Communism.
From the time.com
People with this worldview often consider the influence of Western culture to be inimical.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Is statutory regulation of the press inimical to freedom of the press?
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Unfriendly: not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
  • Hostility (also called inimicality) is a form of angry internal rejection or denial in psychology. It is a part of personal construct psychology, developed by George Kelly. In everyday speech it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression.
  • These are remedies that have been shown to have an adverse effect on following one another.
  • Counter to the best interest of, or overtly hostile to. Homosexuality is often viewed as "inimical to" the nuclear family.
  • (adj) - harmful, malevolent, damaging
  • (adj) adverse or unfavorable; hostile or unfriendly
  • Having the disposition or temper of an enemy