inhospitableness
Lack of welcome
The quality of being unwelcoming or hostile to visitors, guests, or strangers.
The word applies both to people and environments: a host's inhospitableness makes guests uncomfortable, while a landscape's inhospitableness makes survival difficult.
The inhospitableness of the arctic terrain claimed many explorers' lives.
The shorter form inhospitality is more common.
Not welcoming or warm
- uninvitingLacking warmth or appeal
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
- unapproachableImpossible to access or befriend
coldness · standoffish · aloof · off-putting · unsociable · ungracious · unaccommodating · uncongenial
Unable to produce
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
- desertTo leave behind completely
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
arctic · uninhabitable · bleak · stark · wilderness · forbidding · hostile · lifeless
Intensity of sternness
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
unforgiving · merciless · cruelty · toughness · implacability · pitilessness · grimness · bleakness
unfriendly
Not welcoming or warm
- uninvitingLacking warmth or appeal
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
unapproachable · coldness · standoffish · aloof · off-putting · unsociable · ungracious · unaccommodating · uncongenial · disagreeable
barren
Unable to produce
tundra · arctic · uninhabitable · bleak · stark · wilderness · forbidding · hostile · lifeless · arid
severity
Intensity of sternness
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
rigor · unforgiving · merciless · cruelty · toughness · implacability · pitilessness · grimness · bleakness · hardship
inhospitablenesshospitableness
Warmth toward guests
hospitality · warmth · friendliness · graciousness · cordiality
inhospitablenesshabitability
Suitability for dwelling
hospitableness · livability · clemency · mildness · amenability
host, hospital, hostel, hospitable, hospitality, inhospitable, hospice, hospitalized, hospitalize