slovo | definícia |
inhospitable (encz) | inhospitable,nehostinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Inhospitable (gcide) | Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
cf. L. inhospitalis.]
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1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
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Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
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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.
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inhospitable (wn) | 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] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
inhospitable (encz) | inhospitable,nehostinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inhospitableness (encz) | inhospitableness, n: |
Inhospitableness (gcide) | Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
cf. L. inhospitalis.]
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1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
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Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
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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.
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inhospitable (wn) | 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] |
inhospitableness (wn) | 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] |
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