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Definition of Inhospitable
1. Adjective. Unfavorable to life or growth. "Inhospitable mountain areas"
Antonyms: Hospitable
Derivative terms: Inhospitableness
2. Adjective. Not hospitable. "Her greeting was cold and inhospitable"
Definition of Inhospitable
1. a. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
Definition of Inhospitable
1. Adjective. (context: of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly, ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inhospitable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhospitable
Literary usage of Inhospitable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... of sweet grass nor a single spring of fresh water, and the rest of the
inhospitable waste was untrod by the footsteps either of friends or enemies. ..."
2. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke (1864)
"The navigable Nile.—Fishing and Sporting Population.— The Scenery on the River.—An
inhospitable Governor.—Karuma Falls.—Native Superstitions. ..."
3. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... instead of being a safe and inviting Harbour, may not acquire the Character
of an inhospitable one, to all who seek it. SATURDAY. ..."
4. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1890)
"The skill, gallantry and success with which he led his corps amid the complicated
embarrassments of a long and predatory war in a sickly and inhospitable ..."
5. The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year 1492, to by Abiel Holmes (1829)
"Leaving that inhospitable region, their fleet was Ац 3J separated by a furious
storm on the very night after their embarkation ; but every ship at length ..."
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