Definition of Inhospitality

1. Noun. Unkind and inconsiderate welcome. "He was taken aback by such inhospitality"

Generic synonyms: Welcome
Antonyms: Hospitality
Derivative terms: Inhospitable

Definition of Inhospitality

1. n. The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.

Definition of Inhospitality

1. Noun. Lack of hospitality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inhospitality

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhospitality

inholding
inholdings
inhomogeneities
inhomogeneity
inhomogeneous
inhomogeneously
inhomogenous
inhoop
inhooped
inhooping
inhoops
inhospitable
inhospitableness
inhospitably
inhospitalities
inhospitality (current term)
inhouse
inhuman
inhuman treatment
inhumane
inhumanely
inhumaneness
inhumanities
inhumanity
inhumanly
inhumanness
inhumannesses
inhumate
inhumated
inhumates

Literary usage of Inhospitality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"314), and such was the inhospitality of that savage country, that Elizabeth's troops were at the same time on the eve of a mutiny (p. 312). ..."

2. Life in Abyssinia: Being Notes Collected During Three Years' Residence and by Mansfield Parkyns (1868)
"... inhospitality—Beyt Mariam —A missionary—Addy Hai Hai—Curiosity of the people—A fracas— Abyssinian courage—The Mareb—A storm—Arrival at ..."

3. Notes of a Journey Through Canada, the United States of America, and the by James Logan (1838)
"... Buffalo—Canadian inhospitality Chippewa. AT six o'clock in the morning of the 16th October, I landed at Chicago, and hastened to the United States Hotel ..."

4. A visit to the South seas, in the United States ship Vincennes, during by Charles Samuel Stewart (1832)
"inhospitality of the Citizens of Rio.—Dinner on board the Ganges. Praya do Flamengo, at Rio de Janeiro, April 3d, 1829. ..."

5. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt: With Reminiscences of Friends and by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"inhospitality to the benighted.—Answers of rustics to wayfarers.—Pedestrian exploits.—Dangers of delay.—The club of elders. FOB some time after I left ..."

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