Synonyms: inhospitable
Definition: unfavorable to life or growth
Usage: the barren inhospitable desert; inhospitable mountain areas
Similar words: desolate, bleak, bare, barren, stark
Definition: providing no shelter or sustenance
Usage: bare rocky hills; barren lands; the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes; the desolate surface of the moon; a stark landscape
Similar words: waste, wild, godforsaken
Definition: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
Usage: a desert island; a godforsaken wilderness crossroads; a wild stretch of land; waste places
Similar words: hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly
Definition: very unfavorable to life or growth
Usage: a hostile climate; an uncongenial atmosphere; an uncongenial soil; the unfriendly environment at high altitudes
Similar words: water-washed
Definition: washed or swept with water especially waves of the sea
Similar words: windswept
Definition: open to or swept by wind
Usage: windswept headlands