Definitions for inimical

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inimical in·im·i·cal

Spelling: [ih-nim-i-kuh l or ih-nim-i-k Inimical is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in inimical (aciiilmn).

Definitions for inimical

adjective

1. adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful:
2. unfriendly; hostile:

Origin of inimical

1635-45; Latin inimīc(us) unfriendly, hostile (see enemy) + -al¹

Examples for inimical

That order of feeling was comprehensible enough to the most inimical of my critics.

It is not only when criticism is inimical that I object to it, but also when it is incompetent.

She looked at him helplessly, so attractive and so inimical to her.

"You appear to be inimical to money," the Angel interjected, with a penetrating look.

Wealth is not inimical to welfare; it ought to be its friendliest agency.

When Pausanias remarks that personal attachments are inimical to despots.

Grimness was in every feature, and to its very bowels the inimical shape was desolation.

They were huge, and ugly, and alien, but they were not inimical to humans.

At noon a large crowd had gathered, composed of those most inimical to the strangers.

They are not hostile to employers, not inimical to the interests of the general public.