English-Thai Dictionary

inhospitable

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ ต้อนรับ  ซึ่ง ไม่ เป็นมิตร  unkind unfriendly hostile unsociable sueng-mai-ton-rub

 

inhospitable

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ เหมาะสำหรับ อยู่อาศัย  ซึ่ง ไม่ เอื้ออำนวย  harsh uninhabitable desolate sueng-mai-mor-somsam-rub-yu-ar-sai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INHOSPITABLE

a.[in and hospitable. ] 1. Not hospitable; not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously; declining to entertain guests, or entertaining them with reluctance; as an inhospitable person or people.
2. Affording no conveniences, subsistence or shelter to strangers; as inhospitable desserts or rocks.

 

INHOSPITABLENESS, INHOSPITALITY

n.Want of hospitality or kindness to strangers; refusal or unwillingness to entertain guests or strangers without reward.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INHOSPITABLE

In *hos "pi *ta *ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L.inhospitalis.]

 

1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door Cowper.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inhospitable

in hos pi ta ble |ˌinhäˈspitəbəl, inˈhäs -ˈˌɪnhɑˈspɪdəbəl | ▶adjective (of an environment ) harsh and difficult to live in: the inhospitable landscape. • (of a person ) unfriendly and unwelcoming toward people. DERIVATIVES in hos pi ta ble ness noun, in hos pi ta bly |-blē |adverb, in hos pi tal i ty |inˌhäspiˈtalitē, ˌinhäs - |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: French, from in- ‘not ’ + hospitable (see hospitable ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

inhospitable

inhospitable |ˌɪnhɒˈspɪtəb (ə )l, ɪnˈhɒspɪt -| ▶adjective 1 (of an environment ) harsh and difficult to live in: the inhospitable landscape. 2 (of a person ) unfriendly and unwelcoming towards people. DERIVATIVES inhospitableness noun, inhospitably adverb, inhospitality noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: French, from in- ‘not ’ + hospitable (see hospitable ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inhospitable

inhospitable adjective 1 the inhospitable landscape: uninviting, unwelcoming; bleak, forbidding, cheerless, hostile, savage, wild, harsh, inimical; uninhabitable, barren, bare, austere, desolate, stark, spartan. ANTONYMS welcoming, cheery. 2 forgive me if I seem inhospitable: unwelcoming, unfriendly, unsociable, antisocial, unneighborly, uncongenial; aloof, cool, cold, frosty, distant, remote, indifferent, uncivil, discourteous, ungracious; ungenerous, unkind, unsympathetic; informal standoffish. ANTONYMS welcoming, warm, friendly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inhospitable

inhospitable adjective 1 the inhospitable landscape: uninviting, unwelcoming; bleak, lonely, empty, forbidding, cheerless, hostile, harsh, inimical; uninhabitable, barren, bare, sterile, desolate, austere, severe, stark, spartan. 2 forgive me if I seem inhospitable, but I'm very busy: unwelcoming, unfriendly, unsociable, unsocial, antisocial, unneighbourly, uncongenial, cool, cold, chilly, frosty, glacial, aloof, stand-offish, haughty, disdainful, distant, remote, indifferent, offhand; uncivil, discourteous, ungracious; ungenerous, unkind, unsympathetic, ill-disposed; hostile, inimical, xenophobic. ANTONYMS hospitable, welcoming.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inhospitable

in hos pi ta ble /ɪ̀nhɑspɪ́təb (ə )l, --́--- |ɪ̀nhɔspɪ́t -/形容詞 (↔hospitable )1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(気候 条件が悪いため )住むのに適さない, 吹きさらしの .2 【生物にとって 】生存に適さない «to » ; もてなしが悪い .in hos pi tal i ty /ɪnhɑ̀spɪtǽləti |-hɔ̀s -/名詞