Unfriendly vs Restrained - What's the difference?
unfriendly | restrained | Related terms |
not friendly; hostile; mean
unfavourable
An enemy.
* 2005 , Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
* 2008 , Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
(restrain)
Unfriendly is a related term of restrained.
As adjectives the difference between unfriendly and restrained
is that unfriendly is not friendly; hostile; mean while restrained is held back, limited, kept in check or under control.As a noun unfriendly
is an enemy.As a verb restrained is
(restrain).unfriendly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Antonyms
* friendlyDerived terms
* user-unfriendlyNoun
(unfriendlies)- Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
- 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).
restrained
English
Adjective
(head)- He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.
Verb
(head)- He was restrained by the straight jacket.