2 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. [1913 Webster] Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: inhospitableness n : an inhospitable disposition [ant: {hospitableness}]
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