Antonyms for hospitable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hos-pi-tuh-buh l, ho-spit-uh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒs pɪ tə bəl, hɒˈspɪt ə bəl

Definition of hospitable

Origin : 1560s, from Middle French hospitable, from Latin hospitari "be a guest," from hospes (genitive hospitis) "guest" (see host (n.1)). Related: Hospitably.

adj cordial

Example sentences :

I will not say in what country, for all countries have been hospitable to me, and I am neither a spy nor a traitress.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

And I may say, too, that they are most hospitable to the traveler, as our own experience with them exemplified.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

And so that hospitable front door of ours waited long for neighbors.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

They bought that pleasant house of ours with its hospitable front door.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

He composed his understanding, and recollected the lessons of the hospitable hermit.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

In this stanza Rhuvawn is celebrated as pious, valiant, and hospitable.
Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin

Jacob stayed and brake bread with the plain, hospitable family.
Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

"Come home with me, and spend the night," he said in a hospitable way.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson

Her guardian was embarrassed, also, but he tried to be hospitable.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Australian colonists are the most hospitable people in the world.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

Synonyms for hospitable

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