UNFRIENDLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unfriendliness mean? 

• UNFRIENDLINESS (noun)
  The noun UNFRIENDLINESS has 2 senses:

1. dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness

2. an unfriendly disposition

  Familiarity information: UNFRIENDLINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNFRIENDLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)