Meanings
adjectiveuninviting (comparative more uninviting, superlative most uninviting)
comparative more uninviting · superlative most uninviting
- Not inviting, not attractive, not welcoming.
It's a world away from the dank and uninviting St Pancras that British Rail wanted to tear down in the 1960s.
2022 November 30, Nick Brodrick, “Pride and innovation shine at St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 971, page 69Synonyms: disinviting, forbidding
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot inviting, not attractive, not welcoming.
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adjectivenot tempting
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishinviting
- Englishuninviting
Translations
Arabic مُنَفِّر, مُسْتَكْرَه
- مُنَفِّر (munaffir)not inviting
- مُسْتَكْرَه (mustakrah)not inviting
- بَشِع (bašiʕ)not inviting
Bulgarian непривлекателен
- непривлекателен (neprivlekatelen)not inviting
Norwegian Bokmål lite innbydende
- lite innbydendenot inviting
Polish niepociągający, nieujmujący
- niepociągającynot inviting
- nieujmującynot inviting
- nieatrakcyjnynot inviting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with uninviting
writinglightingcitinginvitingbitingwhitingsightingkitingblightingbisexual lightingdisinvitingknighting
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APA
uninviting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninviting
MLA
“uninviting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninviting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninviting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninviting.
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