inhospitable
Meaning of inhospitable
adjective
- (of an environment) harsh and difficult to live in.
the inhospitable landscape
- (of a person) unfriendly and unwelcoming towards people.
late 16th century: French, from in- ‘not’ + hospitable (see hospitable).
Information about inhospitable
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of inhospitable
in-hos-pitable
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- inhospitable is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
inhospitable synonyms
Meaning (especially of a place or prospect) not attractive:
Meaning having an inhospitable or uninviting quality:
Meaning (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements:
Meaning sad because one has no friends or company:
Meaning containing nothing; not filled or occupied:
Meaning unfriendly or threatening in appearance:
Meaning gloomy; depressing:
Meaning showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly:
Meaning cruel or severe:
Meaning unfriendly; hostile:
Meaning (of a place) unsuitable for living in:
Meaning (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation:
Meaning (of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered:
Meaning not able to produce children or young:
Meaning (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness:
Meaning severe or strict in manner or attitude:
Meaning (of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense:
Meaning severe or bare in appearance or outline:
Meaning showing or characterized by austerity or a lack of comfort or luxury:
Meaning not friendly:
Meaning not enjoying or making an effort to behave sociably in the company of others:
Meaning (of the hours of work of a job) falling outside the normal working day and thus socially inconvenient:
Meaning contrary to the laws and customs of society, in a way that causes annoyance and disapproval in others:
Meaning (of a person) not friendly or pleasant to be with:
Meaning showing no friendliness towards a person or enthusiasm for an idea or project:
Meaning lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional:
Meaning uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold:
Meaning cold and unfriendly in manner:
Meaning relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers:
Meaning not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant:
Meaning arrogantly superior and disdainful:
Meaning showing contempt or lack of respect:
Meaning far away in space or time:
Meaning (of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant:
Meaning having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned:
Meaning ungraciously or offensively nonchalant or cool in manner:
Meaning discourteous; impolite:
Meaning showing rudeness and a lack of consideration for other people:
Meaning not polite or friendly:
Meaning not generous; mean:
Meaning inconsiderate and harsh to others:
Meaning (of a person) not friendly or cooperative; unlikeable:
Meaning having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries:
inhospitable antonyms
Meaning friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests:
Meaning behaving in a polite or friendly way to a guest or new arrival:
Words that rhyme with inhospitable
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