unwelcoming
Not warmly received
Unwelcoming describes a place, atmosphere, or person that makes others feel uncomfortable or not wanted.
An unwelcoming room might be cold and bare; an unwelcoming host fails to put guests at ease.
The word suggests passive inhospitality rather than active hostility: The office had an unwelcoming feel—fluorescent lights, no windows, gray everywhere.
Discouraging through difficulty
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- starkSevere and unadorned
bleak · grim · severe · austere · foreboding · imposing · formidable · threatening
Cold or unwelcoming
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- chillyModerately cold
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
cool · distant · aloof · stony · steely · impersonal · unresponsive · indifferent
Unwelcoming, harsh to visitors
- unapproachableImpossible to access or befriend
- unsociableDisinclined toward companionship
- antisocialAverse to socializing
- uncongenialNot suited to one's nature
discourteous · impolite · rude · snubbing · rebuffing · cold-shouldered · unwarm · unhelpful
Actively opposed or hostile
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
threatening · menacing · intimidating · harsh · fierce · oppressive · pugnacious · truculent
Leaving something out
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
- marginalizingPushing to the fringes
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
- rejectingRefusing to accept
dismissive · cliquish · exclusionary · othering · discriminatory · prejudiced · insular · xenophobic
daunting
Discouraging through difficulty
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- menacingConveying threat or danger
stark · bleak · grim · severe · austere · foreboding · imposing · formidable · threatening · unapproachable
frosty
Cold or unwelcoming
frigid · cool · distant · aloof · stony · steely · impersonal · unresponsive · indifferent · detached
inhospitable
Unwelcoming, harsh to visitors
- unapproachableImpossible to access or befriend
- unsociableDisinclined toward companionship
- antisocialAverse to socializing
uncongenial · discourteous · impolite · rude · snubbing · rebuffing · cold-shouldered · unwarm · unhelpful · unaccommodating
antagonistic
Actively opposed or hostile
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
confrontational · threatening · menacing · intimidating · harsh · fierce · oppressive · pugnacious · truculent · abrasive
excluding
Leaving something out
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
- marginalizingPushing to the fringes
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
rejecting · dismissive · cliquish · exclusionary · othering · discriminatory · prejudiced · insular · xenophobic · segregating
- unfriendlyunfriendly, hostile, cold, cool, distant
- menacingthreatening, intimidating, menacing, ominous, sinister
- opennessopen, openness, transparent, transparency, accessible
welcome, welcoming, welcomed, unwelcome, welcomes, unwelcomed, welcomer, unwelcomeness