Associations to the word «Inhospitable»

Wiktionary

INHOSPITABLE, adjective. (of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly,
INHOSPITABLE, adjective. (of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

Dictionary definition

INHOSPITABLE, adjective. Unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas".
INHOSPITABLE, adjective. Not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats