INVITING Antonyms

• severely simple

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• practicing great self-denial

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

• not characterized by emotion

• appreciably or disagreeably cold

• lacking warmth of feeling

• having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

• extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

• a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

• the absence of heat

• the sensation produced by low temperatures

• having lost freshness through passage of time

• (color) giving no sensation of warmth

• marked by errorless familiarity

• lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

• so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

• sexually unresponsive

• without compunction or human feeling

• feeling or showing no enthusiasm

• unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

• of a seeker; far from the object sought

• lacking the warmth of life

• not to your liking

• unpleasant to interact with

• not agreeing with your tastes or expectations

• depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

• expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

• a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• of a light brownish green color

• causing dejection

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• causing dejection

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• an official prohibition or edict against something

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• characterized by enmity or ill will

• not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

• troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

• impossible to bring into friendly accord

• very unfavorable to life or growth

• unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)

• unfavorable to life or growth

• not hospitable

• causing annoyance or repugnance

• tending to repel

• a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

• a chemical substance that repels animals

• the power to repel

• serving or tending to repel

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• incapable of absorbing or mixing with

• possessing the ability to repel

• offensive to the mind

• so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

• (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

• not able to attract favorable attention

• lacking beauty or charm

• lacking power to arouse interest

• not appealing to the senses