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Dictionary: in·hos·pi·ta·ble   (ĭn-hŏs'pĭ-tə-bəl, ĭn'hŏ-spĭt'ə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Displaying no hospitality; unfriendly.
  2. Unfavorable to life or growth; hostile: the barren, inhospitable desert.
inhospitableness in·hos'pi·ta·ble·ness n.
inhospitably in·hos'pi·ta·bly adv.

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adjective

    So disagreeable as to discourage approach: forbidding, unhospitable, uninviting. See warn/invite.

Antonyms: inhospitable
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adj

Definition: unfriendly
Antonyms: friendly, generous, hospitable, kind, welcoming


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: unfavorable to life or growth
  Antonym: hospitable (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: not hospitable
  Antonym: hospitable (meaning #2)


Translations: Inhospitable
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ugæstfri

Nederlands (Dutch)
onherbergzaam, ongastvrij

Français (French)
adj. - inhospitalier, désobligeant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungastlich, unwirtlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αφιλόξενος, άξενος

Italiano (Italian)
inospitale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inóspito

Русский (Russian)
негостеприимный, мрачный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inhóspito, inhospitalario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ogästvänlig, karg

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
冷淡的, 不亲切的, 不和气的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 冷淡的, 不親切的, 不和氣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대접이 나쁜, 황량한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - もてなしの悪い, 無愛想な, 吹きさらしの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مضياف, قاس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מסביר פנים, לא מארח יפה, לא מעניק מחסה‬


 
 
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