inhospitable

Questions about inhospitable

What does inhospitable mean?

inhospitable means "unfavorable to life or growth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inhospitable?

inhospitable has 5 syllables: in-ho-spi-ta-ble. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ɪnˈhɑspətəbəl/.

What is the opposite of inhospitable?

The recorded antonyms are hospitable, hospitable.

Is inhospitable a common word?

inhospitable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.