Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- In the context of "of a person": Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly,
- In the context of "of a place": Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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