inimical
/ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kəl/
inimical adjective: harmful in effect.
Adjective
inimical (comparative more inimical, superlative most inimical)
- Harmful in effect.
- Slaves knew that some of the treatments worsened problems and, perhaps most important, they realized that a master's interest in their fitness for work was sometimes inimical to their health.2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 66
- She doesn’t want to touch it, and indeed every particle of her screams against doing so because it is somehow inimical to her.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 178
- Unfriendly, hostile.
- Her inimical attitude precludes romance.
inimical meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inimical in Hindi
- harmful
- अहित ahit, अपकारी apkārī, हानिकारक hānikārak, अहितकर ahitkar
- hostile
- अहित ahit, अपकारी apkārī
inimical in Urdu
- دشمن, مخالف, مضر, نقصاندہ, زہریلا, ضرر رساں
inimical in Bengali
- ক্ষতিকর, বিরোধী, প্রতিকূল
inimical in Malayalam
- ശത്രുതാപരമായ, ദ്രോഹകാരിയായ, പ്രതികൂലമായ, വൈരിയായ
More languagesFewer languages
- inimical in Kannada
- ವೈರದ, ದ್ವೇಷದ, ವಿರೋಧವಾದ, ಹಗೆತನದ
- inimical in Punjabi
- ਦੋਖੀ dokhī
- inimical in Odia
- ପ୍ରତିଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱୀ pratidwandwi
Synonyms of inimical
Antonyms
Forms of inimical
| comparative | more inimical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inimical |
Origin of inimical
From Late Latin inimīcālis (“hostile”), from inimīcus (“enemy”) (from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”)) + -ālis.
Words formed from inimical
Questions about inimical
- What does inimical mean?
- Inimical means harmful in effect.
- What is inimical in Hindi?
- Inimical in Hindi is अहित (ahit), अपकारी (apkārī), हानिकारक (hānikārak). See Inimical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inimical?
- Inimical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inimical?
- Inimical is pronounced /ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kəl/.
Words near inimical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inimical (page history and authors); inimical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inimical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inimical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inimical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਦੋਖੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରତିଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱୀ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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