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unfriendlier

unfriendlier is the comparative form of unfriendly.

Meaning of unfriendly

Adjective

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

  1. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
    • Shrekkies will notice that the musical is going off-piste from the film right from the start when the curtain rises to reveal a seven-year-old Shrek turfed out into an unfriendly world by his parents.2008 November 3, Tom Leonard, “Will Shrek be a monster hit on Broadway?”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 47,718, page 29
    Synonyms:
    dour
  2. Unfavourable.
    Synonyms:
    chilly

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Questions about unfriendlier

What is unfriendlier the comparative form of?
Unfriendlier is the comparative form of unfriendly.

Words near unfriendlier in the dictionary

  1. unfriended
  2. unfriendedness
  3. unfriender
  4. unfrienders
  5. unfriending
  6. unfriendlier
  7. unfriendlies
  8. unfriendliest
  9. unfriendlike
  10. unfriendlily
  11. unfriendliness

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