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unfriendship

unfriendship noun: unfriendliness; enmity.

Noun

unfriendship (uncountable)

  1. unfriendliness; enmity
    • an act of unfriendship to my sovereign person1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....
  2. The state of not being a friend

Origin of unfriendship

From un- + friendship.

Questions about unfriendship

What does unfriendship mean?
Unfriendship means unfriendliness; enmity.
What part of speech is unfriendship?
Unfriendship is a noun.

Words near unfriendship in the dictionary

  1. unfriendlily
  2. unfriendliness
  3. unfriendlinesses
  4. unfriendly
  5. unfriends
  6. unfriendship
  7. unfries
  8. unfrighted
  9. unfrighten
  10. unfrightenable
  11. unfrightened

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