Hostile vs. Unfriendly: What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy

Not friendly.

Feeling or showing enmity or ill will

Antagonistic or hostile

Being in opposition; opposed

User-unfriendly.

Unfavorable to health or well-being; inhospitable or adverse

Not friendly; hostile; mean.

An antagonistic person or thing.

Unfavourable.

An enemy in warfare.

An enemy.

Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.

In an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend

; antagonistic.

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

Of a hostile takeover.

Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.

An enemy.

Not easy to understand or use;

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Not disposed to friendship or friendliness;

An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; - commonly in the plural.

Lacking warmth of feeling;

Characterized by enmity or ill will;

Not friendly;

Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally;

Very unfavorable to life or growth;

Very unfriendly;

Impossible to bring into friendly accord;

Very unfavorable to life or growth;

Marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development;

Used of attempts to buy or take control of a business;