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hospitable /hɒˈspɪtəb(ə)l / /ˈhɒspɪtəb(ə)l/adjective1Friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests: two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel...- When visiting a neighbor or relative's house, guests enjoy a hospitable welcome.
- The Chamorro people are warm, hospitable and friendly, and they made me feel welcome.
- It shows local shoppers that their custom is valued and also serves to promote our county as a warm, friendly and hospitable place to visit.
Synonyms welcoming, friendly, congenial, genial, sociable, convivial, cordial, gracious, amicable, well disposed, amenable, helpful, obliging, accommodating, neighbourly, warm, warm-hearted, kind, kindly, kind-hearted, generous, liberal, bountiful, open-handed 1.1(Of an environment) pleasant and favourable for living in: one of the least hospitable places in North America...- So how has atheistic Maoism found such a hospitable environment here?
- It is generally known that anthrax bacteria can live for decades in the soil or other hospitable environments.
- Clearly, the current low inflation environment is more hospitable to consumers rather than producers.
Origin Late 16th century: from French, from obsolete hospiter 'receive a guest', from medieval Latin hospitare 'entertain', from hospes, hospit- (see host1). |