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Inhospitable

Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

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Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Barren 84% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Barren 84% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Bleak 84% connected

Without color; pale; pallid.

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Bleak 84% connected

Without color; pale; pallid.

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Desolate 84% connected

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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Desolate 84% connected

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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Hostile 84% connected

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

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Hostile 84% connected

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

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Stark 84% connected

Stiff; rigid.

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Stark 84% connected

Stiff; rigid.

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Unfriendly 84% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Unfriendly 84% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Waste 84% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Waste 84% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Wild 84% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Wild 84% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Inhospitality 74% connected

The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.

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Inhospitality 74% connected

The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.

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Unfriendly 66% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Unfriendly 66% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Hospitable 94% connected

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

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Hospitable 94% connected

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

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