unwelcoming
Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordialityLacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
» The people of the area can feel unwelcoming.
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1 sensesLacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
The townspeople were unwelcoming, making little effort to make the newcomer feel welcome.
Examples
9 sentencesThe people of the area can feel unwelcoming.
This place has always felt unwelcoming to me.
Lorenzo looked at us with the most unwelcoming glare.
In that unwelcoming place I found too many surly people.
The English teacher's cruel remarks create an unwelcoming environment for foreign learners.
Forms
more unwelcoming, most unwelcoming| Comparative | more unwelcoming Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most unwelcoming Lesson |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.