uninviting

uninviting
Not welcoming; not attractive.

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  • uninviting — index antipathetic (distasteful), bleak (severely simple), objectionable, repulsive, unacceptable, undesirable, unsavory …   Law dictionary

  • uninviting — [adj] disagreeable, not pleasant awful, bad, disgusting, displeasing, distasteful, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repulsive, rotten, sickening, sour, unappealing, unappetizing, unpalatable, unpleasant; concepts 537,548 …   New thesaurus

  • uninviting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not attractive; unpleasant. DERIVATIVES uninvitingly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • uninviting — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • uninviting — un|in|vit|ing [ˌʌnınˈvaıtıŋ] adj 1.) an uninviting place seems unattractive or unpleasant ▪ The building was cold, dark, and uninviting. 2.) uninviting prospect something unpleasant that you will have to do ▪ He faced the uninviting prospect of a …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • uninviting — adjective an uninviting place seems unattractive or unpleasant: an uninviting, desolate landscape …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • uninviting — uninvitingly, adv. uninvitingness, n. /un in vuy ting/, adj. not inviting; unpleasant: a region with an uninviting climate. [1680 90; UN 1 + INVITING] Syn. unappealing, unattractive, disagreeable. * * * …   Universalium

  • uninviting — un|in|vit|ing [ ,ʌnın vaıtıŋ ] adjective not attractive or pleasant: The water in the lake looked cold and uninviting …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • uninviting — adjective the bed looked cold and uninviting Syn: unappealing, unattractive, unappetizing, off putting; bleak, cheerless, dreary, dismal, depressing, grim, inhospitable, forbidding Ant: tempting …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • uninviting — UK [ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ] / US adjective not attractive or pleasant The water in the lake looked cold and uninviting …   English dictionary

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