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inhospitable Definition


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inhospitable
adj
    1. Said of a person: not friendly or welcoming to others, especially in not offering them food, drink, and other home comforts.
      Thesaurus: unfriendly, unreceptive, unsociable, unwelcoming, inimical, uncivil, cold, brusque, unkind, forbidding; Antonym: receptive.
    2. Said of a place: offering little shelter, eg from harsh weather; bleak or barren.
Derivative: inhospitably
adverb
    Etymology: 16c.



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