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Unfriendly vs Detestable - What's the difference?

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Unfriendly is a related term of detestable.


As adjectives the difference between unfriendly and detestable

is that unfriendly is not friendly; hostile; mean while detestable is detestable, despicable.

As a noun unfriendly

is an enemy.

unfriendly

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • not friendly; hostile; mean
  • unfavourable
  • Antonyms

    * friendly

    Derived terms

    * user-unfriendly

    Noun

    (unfriendlies)
  • An enemy.
  • * 2005 , Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
  • Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
  • * 2008 , Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
  • You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).

    detestable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
  • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

    Derived terms

    * detestableness

    See also

    * hateful * abominable * loathsome * horrid

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