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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

Ay, ay, what you please, Gentlemen, since my Lord's bound—Oh, what Recompence can I make for so unhospitable Usage?

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague

I never knew anything so unhospitable in my life.

From The Cheerful Smugglers by Preston, May Wilson

It is the most unhospitable thing I ever heard of!”

From The Cheerful Smugglers by Preston, May Wilson

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