Inhospitable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
     cf. L. inhospitalis.]
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     1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
        strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
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              Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
              Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
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     2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
        cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." --Blair. --
        {In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inhospitable
       adj 1: unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable
              desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" [ant: {hospitable}]
       2: not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these
          days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" [ant: {hospitable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhospitable":
     chill, chilly, closed, cold, cool, disaccordant, disagreeable,
     frosty, icy, ill, incompatible, inimical, strained, tense,
     unaffectionate, unamiable, unamicable, unbenign, unbenignant,
     uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncordial, unfriendly, ungenial,
     ungracious, unharmonious, unhospitable, unkind, unkindly, unloving,
     unneighborly, unreceptive, unsociable, unsympathetic,
     unsympathizing