He doesn't understand that his actions are inimical to his own interests.
Source: tatoeba (3852921)
Inimical
//ɪˈnɪmɪkəl//
Synonyms for "inimical" (175 found)
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Adjective(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 16 languages.
Basque
2 entries- etsai adj (hostile)
- kaltegarri adj (harmful)
Bulgarian
4 entries- враждебен adj (hostile)
- вреден adj (harmful)
- неблагоприятен adj (harmful)
- недоброжелателен adj (hostile)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 有敵意的 /有敌意的 adj (hostile)
Dutch
2 entries- schadelijk adj (harmful)
- vijandig adj (hostile)
Esperanto
1 entries- malamika adj (hostile)
French
2 entries- hostile adj (hostile)
- nuisible adj (harmful)
German
4 entries- feindlich adj (hostile)
- feindselig adj (hostile)
- schädlich adj (harmful)
- unfreundlich adj (hostile)
Greek
2 entries- επιζήμιος adj (harmful)
- εχθρικός adj (hostile)
Kazakh
2 entries- дұшпандық adj (hostile)
- зиянды adj (harmful)
Latin
2 entries- alienus adj (hostile)
- inimicalis adj (hostile)
Manx
1 entries- neuchaarjoil adj (hostile)
Polish
4 entries- nieprzyjazny adj (hostile)
- szkodliwy adj (harmful)
- wrogi adj (hostile)
- złowrogi adj (hostile)
Russian
3 entries- вражде́бный adj (hostile)
- вре́дный adj (harmful)
- недружелю́бный adj (hostile)
Spanish
4 entries- adverso adj (harmful)
- enemigo adj (hostile)
- hostil adj (hostile)
- inimicísimo (disused) adj (hostile)
Swedish
2 entries- fientlig adj (hostile)
- skadlig adj (harmful)
Ukrainian
4 entries- воро́жий adj (hostile)
- недру́жній adj (hostile)
- непри́язний adj (hostile)
- шкідли́вий adj (harmful)
Sample 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.
Source: wiktionary
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