Meaning of INHOSPITABLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'hâspitubul
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- [adj] unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable dessert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
- [adj] not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"
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| | Synonyms: | | bare, barren, bleak, desert, desolate, godforsaken, hostile, stark, uncongenial, unfriendly, waste, water-washed, wild, windswept |
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| | Antonyms: | | hospitable | | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
cf. L. inhospitalis.]
1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand
starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
cheerless; wild. ``Inhospitable wastes.'' --Blair. --
{In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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