inhospitable
not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
(of a region, climate, etc.) not offering shelter, favorable conditions, etc.; barren: an inhospitable rocky coast.
Origin of inhospitable
1Other words from inhospitable
- in·hos·pi·ta·ble·ness, noun
- in·hos·pi·ta·bly, adverb
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How to use inhospitable in a sentence
It seems a long while since she inhospitably requested me to make myself scarce.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman | Pauline LesterTo stand up would show, he thought, that he was not inhospitably eager to detain the parting guest.
The Mark Of Cain | Andrew LangHe had tried a well-known drain near Cleshey Farm House; but it had been inhospitably, nay cruelly, closed against him.
Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony TrollopeOf all comers here, I who expected most kindly welcome am most inhospitably treated.
In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. RobinsonThe transparently blue blocks of ice inhospitably float on the shaking cold water and press against the dark rock of the island.
Mother | Maksim Gorky
British Dictionary definitions for inhospitable
/ (ɪnˈhɒspɪtəbəl, ˌɪnhɒˈspɪt-) /
not hospitable; unfriendly
(of a region, an environment, etc) lacking a favourable climate, terrain, etc
Derived forms of inhospitable
- inhospitableness, noun
- inhospitably, adverb
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