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UNFRIENDLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unfriendly disposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unfriendliness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfriendliness"):
hostility; ill will (a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition)
aggression (a disposition to behave aggressively)
misanthropy (a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people)
uncongeniality (a disposition not to be congenial)
unneighborliness (an unneighborly disposition)
inhospitableness (having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition)
Antonym:
friendliness (a friendly disposition)
Derivation:
unfriendly (not disposed to friendship or friendliness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("unfriendliness" is a kind of...):
dislike (a feeling of aversion or antipathy)
Antonym:
friendliness (a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company)
Derivation:
unfriendly (not friendly)
