Inimical

ɪˈnɪmɪkəl

adjective

tending to obstruct or harm; hostile

The word 'inimical' comes from the Latin word 'inimicus,' which means 'unfriendly' or 'hostile.' It is used to describe something that is harmful, antagonistic, or detrimental to someone or something.

In the middle of one of the longest sentences, he stopped the rotary motion of the snuffbox, raised his head, and with inimical politeness lurking in the corners of his thin lips interrupted Weyrother, wishing to say something.

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

The Frostfangs were as cruel as any place the gods had made, and as inimical to men.

George R. R. Martin

A Clash of Kings

Mixed among the Ansariyeh were colonies of Syrian Christians; and in the bend of the Orontes had been some firm blocks of Armenians, inimical to Turkey.

T. E. Lawrence

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

It was inimical, but that was not the problem.

Stephen King

The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)

1 reads “considerable advantage that it should.” ↩︎ Primogeniture and entails are censured as inimical to agriculture in Lectures, pp.

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations