Inimical ***

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–adjective 

1. adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical [to] health. 

2. unfriendly; hostile: a [cold], inimical gaze.  



Also, inimicable.





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inimical, inimicable (adjs.) 

  

are synonyms meaning "adverse or hostile to, unfriendly." 



Inimical is much more commonly used, but either word is Standard with the preposition to, as in Her opinions are inimical [inimicable] [to] our proposal. 





 　　

In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world’s largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical [to] humankind. 



But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped inspire Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, had spent years building his scientific case. [Captivating] the imagination of millions around the globe, Fawcett embarked with his twenty-one-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization—which he dubbed “Z”—existed. Then he and his expedition vanished.





venal

Is it [idealistic] to want a whole island to yourself,

and [venal] to believe that other people might enjoy having homes there? 

quisling

Jan’s old friend, Jacobi, proves to be a [quisling].



rancid

as through decomposition, esp. of fats or oils

rancid [butter]

obnoxious

noxious

noxious [fumes] 

a noxious plan to spread [dis]sension.

pernicious

delectable deleterious

Detest