inhospitality

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noun

Lack of hospitality.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nouninhospitality (countable and uncountable, plural inhospitalities)

plural inhospitalities

  1. countableuncountableLack of hospitality.

Synonyms & antonyms

noununkind and inconsiderate welcome

Opposite
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latininhospitalitas
  2. Englishinhospitality

From in- + hospitality, from Latin inhospitalitas.

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Translations

German Unwirtlichkeit
  • Unwirtlichkeitlack of hospitality
Greek αξενία, αφιλοξενία
  • αξενία (axenía)lack of hospitality
  • αφιλοξενία (afiloxenía)lack of hospitality
Hindi अनातिथ्य
  • अनातिथ्य (anātithya)lack of hospitality
Irish doicheall, ainfhéile
  • doichealllack of hospitality
  • ainfhéilelack of hospitality
Italian inospitalità
  • inospitalitàlack of hospitality
Spanish inhospitalidad
  • inhospitalidadlack of hospitality
Cite this entry
APA

inhospitality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhospitality

MLA

“inhospitality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhospitality. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhospitality,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhospitality.

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