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Over the next two decades, people ate, drank, and smoked under those uninviting gateways.
HOW THESE ROTHKOS WERE RESTORED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CANVASADAM ROGERSMAY 30, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
The bed was so untidy and uninviting that she would not lie down on it, so she made them bring in an old armchair.
THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS: ENVY AND INDOLENCEEUGNE SUE
Last section of East arte should go; but rocks up to the shoulder are uninviting.
MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE, 1921CHARLES KENNETH HOWARD-BURY
Every window reflected back the same blank uninviting gloom.
THE NEW TENANTE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
On the left the country varied between flat and upland, but was hardly less uninviting.
THE YEOMAN ADVENTURERGEORGE W. GOUGH
The extremes of climate, and our uninviting roads, discourage open air exercise, and comparatively few have much time to go out.
THE EDUCATION OF AMERICAN GIRLSANNA CALLENDER BRACKETT
With the coming of May wintry conditions set in, and at the end of the first week the migrants had deserted our uninviting island.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSON
The place was approached by narrow streets, along which the more uninviting aspects of Italy were not infrequent.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
In our course, islands were numerous, the majority apparently uninhabited even by birds, and otherwise uninviting to look upon.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMYCHARLES ALEXANDER GORDON
A chat with the village sexton is seldom uninviting, and he can generally point out everything worth your observation.
IN SEARCH OF GRAVESTONES OLD AND CURIOUSW.T. (WILLIAM THOMAS) VINCENT
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO UNINVITING

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