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unhospitable

ADJECTIVE

forbidding

Synonyms

WEAK

abhorrent disagreeable dour foreboding frightening glowering grim hostile inhospitable menacing odious off-putting offensive repellent repulsive sinister threatening tough ugly unapproachable unfriendly uninviting unpleasant

Example Sentences

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The atmosphere was so unhospitable I stepped outside where they could watch me and I drank the orange.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

I boasted that we had the honour of being the first to abolish the unhospitable, troublesome, and ungracious custom of giving vails to servants.

From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor

This went on for several years, in the course of which many hundreds of these houses were erected on unhospitable spots unfit for a human residence.’

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John

She just looked up quiet and spoke—sort of unhospitable.

From Believe You Me! by Putnam, Nina Wilcox

The huge pile of drift wood had helped them to decide on this rather unhospitable ledge for what they hoped would be their last night out.

From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré