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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
chill, chilly, closed, cold, cool, disaccordant, disagreeable, frosty, icy, ill, incompatible, inimical, strained, tense, unaffectionate, unamiable, unamicable, unbenign, unbenignant, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncordial, unfriendly, ungenial, ungracious, unharmonious, unhospitable, unkind, unkindly, unloving, unneighborly, unreceptive, unsociable, unsympathetic, unsympathizing
Dictionary Results for inhospitable:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inhospitable
    adj 1: unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable
           desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" [ant:
           hospitable]
    2: not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days";
       "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" [ant: hospitable]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
   cf. L. inhospitalis.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
      strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
      [1913 Webster]

            Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
            Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
      cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." --Blair. --
      In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*hos"pi*ta*bly, adv.
      [1913 Webster]

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