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1 unfriendly
A adj [person, attitude, behaviour] peu amical, inamical ; [reception] hostile ; [place, climate] inhospitalier/-ière ; [remark] malveillant ; [product, innovation] nocif/-ive ; it was unfriendly of him to do c'était de la malveillance de sa part de faire ; to be unfriendly towards sb faire preuve d'hostilité à l'égard de qn.B - unfriendly (dans composés) environmentally-unfriendly nuisible à l'environnement ; user-unfriendly d'utilisation difficile. -
2 unfriendly
∎ to be unfriendly to or towards sb traiter qn avec froideur►► Military unfriendly action action f hostile -
3 unfriendly
unfriendly [ˈʌnˈfrendlɪ]* * *[ʌn'frendlɪ]adjective [person, attitude] peu amical, inamical; [reception] hostile; [place, climate] inhospitalier/-ière; [remark] malveillant; [product] nocif/-ive -
4 unfriendly takeover bid
offre publique d'achat hostile; OPA hostileEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > unfriendly takeover bid
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5 cool
cool [ku:l]1. adjective• "keep in a cool place" « tenir au frais »• "store in a cool, dark place" « conserver au frais et à l'abri de la lumière »• "serve cool, not cold" « servir frais mais non glacé »b. [clothing] légerc. [colour] rafraîchissantd. ( = calm) calme• to keep or stay cool garder son calme• keep or stay cool! du calme !• as cool as you please [person] parfaitement décontractéj. ( = full) he won a cool £40,000 (inf) il a gagné la coquette somme de 40 000 livres2. nouna. fraîcheur f, frais m[+ air, wine] rafraîchir• cool it! (inf!) du calme !5. compounds( = make colder) faire refroidir ; ( = make calmer) calmer( = get cool) se rafraîchir ; ( = lose enthusiasm) perdre son enthousiasme ; ( = change one's affections) se refroidir ( towards sb à l'égard de qn, envers qn ) ; ( = become less angry) se calmer* * *[kuːl] 1.1) ( coldness) fraîcheur f2) (colloq) ( calm) sang-froid mto keep one's cool — ( stay calm) garder son sang-froid; ( not get angry) ne pas s'énerver
2.to lose one's cool — ( get angry) s'énerver; ( panic) perdre son sang-froid
1) [day, drink, water, weather] frais/fraîche; [dress] léger/-ère; [colour] froidto feel cool — [surface, wine] être frais/fraîche
it's getting cool, let's go in — il commence à faire frais, rentrons
2) ( calm) [approach, handling] calme3) ( unemotional) [manner] détaché; [logic] froid4) ( unfriendly) froidto be cool with ou towards somebody — être froid avec quelqu'un
5) ( casual) décontracté, cool (colloq)6) ( for emphasis)7) (colloq) ( sophisticated) branché (colloq)it's not cool — ça fait nul (colloq)
8) (colloq) US ( great) super! (colloq)3.transitive verb1) ( lower the temperature of) refroidir [soup, pan]; rafraîchir [wine, room]2) fig calmer [anger, ardour]4.1) ( get colder) refroidir2) ( subside) [passion] tiédir; [enthusiasm] faiblir; [friendship] se dégrader•Phrasal Verbs:- cool off••cool it! — (colloq) ne t'énerve pas!
to play it cool — (colloq) rester calme
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6 rebuff
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7 coolly
coolly [ˈku:lɪ]a. ( = calmly) calmementb. ( = in unfriendly way) froidementc. ( = unenthusiastically) fraîchementd. ( = audaciously) avec une décontraction insolente* * *['kuːllɪ]1) ( lightly) [dressed] légèrement2) ( without warmth) [greet, say] froidement3) ( calmly) calmement4) ( boldly) sans la moindre gêne -
8 frosty
frosty [ˈfrɒstɪ]a. [night, morning, weather] glacial ; [ground, grass, window] couvert de givreb. ( = unfriendly) [atmosphere, reception] glacial* * *['frɒstɪ]1) [morning] glacial; [windscreen] couvert de givre2) fig [reception] glacial -
9 icy
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10 accost
[ə'kost](to approach and speak to, especially in an unfriendly way: I was accosted in the street by four men with guns.) accoster -
11 alienate
[-neit]verb (to make someone feel unfriendly to one: He alienated his wife by his cruelty to her.) s'aliéner -
12 argument
1) (a quarrel or unfriendly discussion: They are having an argument about/over whose turn it is.) querelle2) (a set of reasons; a piece of reasoning: The argument for/against going; a philosophical argument.) argument -
13 belligerent
[bi'li‹ərənt]1) (unfriendly; hostile: a belligerent stare; She is very belligerent and quarrelsome.) agressif2) (waging war: belligerent nations.) belligérant•- belligerently -
14 cold
[kəuld] 1. adjective1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) froid2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) froid3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) froid2. noun1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) froid2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) rhume•- coldly- coldness - cold-blooded - cold war - get cold feet - give someone the cold shoulder - give the cold shoulder - in cold blood -
15 coldly
adverb (in an unfriendly way: She looked at me coldly.) froidement -
16 formality
[-'mæ-]1) (something which is done for appearance but has little meaning: The chairman's speech was only a formality.) formalité2) (unrelaxed correctness of behaviour: His formality made him appear unfriendly.) raideur -
17 frosty
1) (covered with frost: the frosty countryside.) couvert de givre2) (of behaviour, very unfriendly: a frosty manner.) glacial -
18 give the go-by
(to ignore in an unfriendly way: I think we'll give all his stupid suggestions the go-by.) ignorer -
19 gruff
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20 hostile
1) (unfriendly; warlike: hostile tribesmen.) hostile2) (belonging to an enemy: a hostile army.) ennemi3) (showing dislike or opposition to something: a hostile attitude.) hostile•- hostility
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