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