inimical

ENEnglish
//ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kəl//

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Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

Harmful in effect.

Translations:[DE]schädlich
adjective
#2

Unfriendly, hostile.

Example: Her inimical attitude precludes romance.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

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:

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