Search Result for "inhospitableness": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth;

2. having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition;


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inhospitableness n 1: the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth 2: having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition [ant: hospitableness]