Synonyms: bleak, empty, bare, hostile More Synonyms of inhospitable
2. adjective
If someone is inhospitable, they do not make people welcome when they visit.
More Synonyms of inhospitable
inhospitable in British English
(ɪnˈhɒspɪtəbəl, ˌɪnhɒˈspɪt-)
adjective
1.
not hospitable; unfriendly
2.
(of a region, an environment, etc) lacking a favourable climate, terrain, etc
Derived forms
inhospitableness (inˈhospitableness)
noun
inhospitably (inˈhospitably)
adverb
inhospitable in American English
(ɪnˈhɑspɪtəbəl; ˌ ɪnhɑsˈpɪtəbəl)
adjective
1.
not hospitable; not offering hospitality
2.
not offering protection, shelter, etc.; barren; forbidding
an inhospitable climate
Derived forms
inhospitableness (inˈhospitableness)
noun
inhospitably (inˈhospitably)
adverb
Word origin
ML inhospitabilis
Examples of 'inhospitable' in a sentence
inhospitable
While the natural beauty of the dunes is undeniable it is a very inhospitable environment.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Patience pulls greed weeds, and a patient heart is an inhospitable environment for greed weeds.
Christianity Today (2000)
They were lonely, inhospitable places that could burn you up.
Ridgway, Roy Caring for your Unborn Child (1990)
The sun will be ferocious; this is one of the most inhospitable places on earth.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Two years of barbaric fighting in the most inhospitable mountain terrain left 1m soldiers and civilians dead.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Without the greenhouse gases, the world would be a bleak, inhospitable place.
Radford, Tim & Leggett, Jeremy The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium (1990)
Apart from Earth, our solar system appears to be an inhospitable place.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Another barks: 'Why is it that explorers always want to go to inhospitable places?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
At this distance, at least, he remains an affecting symbol of human resilience in an inhospitable environment.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But one inhospitable place, short on wildlife and good excuses for stopping by, remained unexplored by the veteran broadcaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The inhospitable terrain was, paradoxically, one factor that made it possible for the inhabitants to offer hospitality to so many refugees.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His coronation in Australia has come on the back of a tour de force in media management, in the most inhospitable media environment in the sporting world.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
1 (adjective)
Definition
(of a place or climate) not easy to live in
the earth's most inhospitable regions
Synonyms
bleak
The island's pretty bleak.
empty
The room was bare and empty.
bare
a bare, draughty interviewing room
hostile
some of the most hostile climatic conditions in the world
lonely
dark, lonely streets
forbidding
barren
the Tibetan landscape of the high barren mountains
sterile
a sterile and barren wasteland
desolate
a desolate, barren place
unfavourable
uninhabitable
godforsaken
I don't want to stay in this God-forsaken country.
2 (adjective)
Definition
not welcoming
Why does he employ such inhospitable, miserable staff?
Synonyms
unfriendly
We got an unfriendly reception from the hotel-owner.
unwelcoming
uncongenial
cool
People found her too cool, aloof and arrogant.
unkind
He apologised for being unkind.
xenophobic
ungenerous
unsociable
I am by no means an unsociable person.
unreceptive
Opposites
welcoming
,
friendly
,
amicable
,
generous
,
gracious
,
sociable
,
genial
,
hospitable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bare
Definition
lacking appropriate furnishings, etc.
a bare, draughty interviewing room
Synonyms
empty,
wanting,
mean,
lacking,
deserted,
vacant,
void,
scarce,
barren,
uninhabited,
unoccupied,
scanty,
unfurnished
in the sense of barren
the Tibetan landscape of the high barren mountains