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inhospitable

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in·hos·pi·ta·ble  (n-hsp-t-bl, nh-spt-bl)
adj.
1. Displaying no hospitality; unfriendly.
2. Unfavorable to life or growth; hostile: the barren, inhospitable desert.

in·hospi·ta·ble·ness n.
in·hospi·ta·bly adv.

inhospitable [ɪnˈhɒspɪtəbəl ˌɪnhɒˈspɪt-]
adj
1. not hospitable; unfriendly
2. (of a region, an environment, etc.) lacking a favourable climate, terrain, etc.
inhospitableness  n
inhospitably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
hospitable - favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment"
2.inhospitable - not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"
unfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
hospitable - disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations"

inhospitable
adjective
1. bleak, empty, bare, hostile, lonely, forbidding, barren, sterile, desolate, unfavourable, uninhabitable, godforsaken the earth's most inhospitable regions
2. unfriendly, unwelcoming, uncongenial, cool, unkind, xenophobic, ungenerous, unsociable, unreceptive He believed the province to be inhabited by a mean, inhospitable people.
unfriendly welcoming, friendly, amicable, generous, gracious, sociable, genial, hospitable
Translations
inhospitable [ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbl] ADJ [person] → inhospitalario, poco hospitalario; [reception, behaviour] → poco hospitalario; [place, country, terrain, climate] → inhóspito

inhospitable [ˌɪnhɒˈspɪtəbəl ɪnˈhɒspɪtəbəl] adj
[person] → inhospitalier/ière
[place, terrain] → inhospitalier/ière; [conditions, weather] → inhospitalier/ière
in-house [ˌɪnˈhaʊs]
adj [training] → en interne; [magazine] → d'entreprise; [system] → interne
the BBC's in-house magazine, Ariel → Ariel, le magazine d'entreprise de la BBC
adv [train, produce] → en interne

inhospitable
adjungastlich; climate, terrain, regionunwirtlich

inhospitable [ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbl] adjinospitale
inhospitable [ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbl] adjinospitale

inhospitable
adj inhospitable [inhəˈspitəbl]
not welcoming guests; not friendly towards strangers She could not refuse to invite them in without seeming inhospitable. ongasvry غَيْر مِضْياف، فاتِر негостоприемен nepohostinný ugæstfi ungastlich αφιλόξενος inhospitalario külalislahkusetu نا مهمان نواز epävieraanvarainen inhospitalier לא מַכנִיס אוֹרְחִים असत्कारी, अशरणदायी negostoljubiv nem vendégszerető tidak ramah ógestrisinn inospitale 不親切な 불친절한 nesvetingas neviesmīlīgs tidak suka menerima menantu ongastvrij, onherbergzaam ugjestfri, uvennlig niegościnny inóspito neospitalier негостеприимный nepohostinný, nevľúdny negostoljuben negostoljubiv ogästvänlig ซึ่งไม่ต้อนรับ konuk sevmez 不好客的 негостинний غیر مہمان نواز không hiếu khách


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Wild horses would not drag from me the name of a certain river in the north whose narrow estuary is inhospitable and dangerous, and whose docks are like a nightmare of dreariness and misery.
If not specially observed, it was observable that while a Frayser who was not the proud possessor of a sumptuous copy of the ancestral "poetical works" (printed at the family expense, and long ago withdrawn from an inhospitable market) was a rare Frayser indeed, there was an illogical indisposition to honor the great deceased in the person of his spiritual successor.
Incensed at this preparation on the hermit's part for making good his inhospitable purpose, the knight struck the door so furiously with his foot, that posts as well as staples shook with violence.
 
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