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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-nim-i-kuhl or ih-nim-i-kuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnɪm ɪ kəl or ɪˈnɪm ɪ kə bəl |
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Définition of inimical
Origin :- 1640s, from Late Latin inimicalis "hostile," from Latin inimicus "unfriendly, an enemy" (see enemy).
- adj antagonistic, contrary
- Wealth is not inimical to welfare; it ought to be its friendliest agency.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- When Pausanias remarks that personal attachments are inimical to despots.
- Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
- "You appear to be inimical to money," the Angel interjected, with a penetrating look.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
- That order of feeling was comprehensible enough to the most inimical of my critics.
- Extract from : « Some Reminiscences » by Joseph Conrad
- Grimness was in every feature, and to its very bowels the inimical shape was desolation.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- They were huge, and ugly, and alien, but they were not inimical to humans.
- Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- She looked at him helplessly, so attractive and so inimical to her.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- They are not hostile to employers, not inimical to the interests of the general public.
- Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling
- At noon a large crowd had gathered, composed of those most inimical to the strangers.
- Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
- It is not only when criticism is inimical that I object to it, but also when it is incompetent.
- Extract from : « The Gentle Art of Making Enemies » by James McNeill Whistler
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