inhospitable
/ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/
inhospitable adjective: not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.
Adjective
inhospitable (comparative more inhospitable, superlative most inhospitable)
- Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.
- Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.
- Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33
inhospitable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inhospitable in Tamil
- விருந்தோம்பாத, உபசரிக்காத, வரவேற்காத, இனிமையற்ற, இணக்கமற்ற
inhospitable in Urdu
- بنجر, بےآسائش, بے فیض, نامہربان, ناساز گار
inhospitable in Bengali
- অনভ্যর্থনাপূর্ণ, প্রতিকূল, বসবাসের অযোগ্য
inhospitable in Malayalam
- unwelcoming, uninviting, bleak
- വാസയോഗ്യമല്ലാത്ത, സന്ദർശിക്കാനോ താമസിക്കാനോ കൊള്ളാത്ത, ആകർഷകത്വമില്ലാത്ത, വശീകരമല്ലാത്ത, സുഖദായികമല്ലാത്ത, ആശ്രയം നൽകാത്ത
- unfriendly, unwelcoming, unsociable
- സത്കാരവിമുഖനായ, സ്വാഗതം ചെയ്യാത്ത, അതിഥിസത്കാരശീലമില്ലാത്ത, ആതിഥ്യമരുളാത്ത, ആതിഥ്യമര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത, സൗഹൃദം കാണിക്കാത്ത
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- inhospitable in Kannada
- ಅನಾದರಣೆಯ, ಸತ್ಕರಿಸದ, ಉಪಚಾರ ಮಾಡದ, ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ನೀಡದ
Forms of inhospitable
| comparative | more inhospitable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inhospitable |
Origin of inhospitable
From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitābilis. By surface analysis, in- + hospitable.
Words formed from inhospitable
Questions about inhospitable
- What does inhospitable mean?
- Inhospitable means not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.
- What is inhospitable in Tamil?
- Inhospitable in Tamil is விருந்தோம்பாத, உபசரிக்காத, வரவேற்காத. See Inhospitable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inhospitable?
- Inhospitable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inhospitable?
- Inhospitable is pronounced /ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/.
Words near inhospitable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inhospitable (page history and authors); inhospitable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhospitable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inhospitable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhospitable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inhospitable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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