Definitions for: Inhospitable

[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"

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desert, desolate, godforsaken, hostile, stark, uncongenial, unfriendly, waste, water-washed, wild, windswept

Antonyms: hospitable

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