# unfriendly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/ · frequency rank #25,630

## Definitions
1. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
2. Unfavourable.

## Etymology
From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`nufriendly`, `ufnriendly`, `unffriendly`, `unfirendly`, `unfreindly`, `unfriednly`, `unfrienddly`, `unfriendlly`, `unfriendlyy`, `unfriendyl`, `unfrienldy`, `unfrienndly`, `unfrinedly`, `unfrriendly`, `unnfriendly`, `unrfiendly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/unfriendly