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unwelcoming

unwelcoming adjective: lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.

Adjective

unwelcoming (comparative more unwelcoming, superlative most unwelcoming)

  1. Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
    • The townspeople were unwelcoming, making little effort to make the newcomer feel welcome.

Forms of unwelcoming

comparativemore unwelcoming
superlativemost unwelcoming

Origin of unwelcoming

From un- + welcoming.

Words formed from unwelcoming

Questions about unwelcoming

What does unwelcoming mean?
Unwelcoming means lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
What part of speech is unwelcoming?
Unwelcoming is an adjective.

Words near unwelcoming in the dictionary

  1. unwelcomely
  2. unwelcomeness
  3. unwelcomer
  4. unwelcomes
  5. unwelcomest
  6. unwelcoming
  7. unwelcomingly
  8. unwelcomingness
  9. unweldable
  10. unwelded
  11. unweldy

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