He doesn't understand that his actions are inimical to his own interests.
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Inimical
/ɪˈnɪmɪkəl/
Synonyms for "inimical" (173 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
adversaryadversativeadverseadversiveaggressivealienantagonisticantiantipatheticantitheticantitheticalantonymousat cross purposesat cross-purposesbalancingbattlingbellicosebelligerentbloodthirstybloody
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illin oppositionincompatibleinconsistentindisposedinhospitableinversejingojingoishjingoistjingoisticmalignmartialmilitantmilitaristicmilitarymiserablenegativenonconformistnoncooperative
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not easyobstinateobverseoffensiveopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantoverthwartperverseprejudicialpugnaciousquarrelsomereactionaryrecalcitrantrefractoryrenitentrepugnantresistantreverserevolutionaryrigorousrivalsaber-rattlingsanguinarysanguineoussavagescrappysinistersoldierlikesoldierlysquared offstrainedstressfultensetrigger happytrigger-happytroublesometroubloustruculenttryingunamiableunamicableuncooperativeuncordialunfavorableunfriendlyungenialunharmoniousunpacificunpeaceableunpeacefulunpropitiousunsociableuntowardwarlikewarmongeringwarringwretched
Adjective(2 words)
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6 entriesinimical climateinimical policyinimical relationshipinimical toinimical to civil libertiesinimical to health
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4 entriesleast inimicalless inimicalmore inimicalmost inimical
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1 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
No one could mistake this inimical gang for an impartial jury.
Source: tatoeba (10693864)
Your actions are inimical to the revolution.
Source: tatoeba (11064740)
She doesn’t want to touch it, and indeed every particle of her screams against doing so because it is somehow inimical to her.
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