Looked uncordial as we approached. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a cordial reception. ,a cordial dislike. From Dictionary.com.
It will have been observed that he was not quite uncordial with. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
We had frank, and not uncordial, sessions with Castro on each occasion. From Wordnik.com. [Four Days with Fidel: A Havana Diary] Reference
A greeting so utterly uncordial made unlooked-for demands upon his wits. From Wordnik.com. [A Husband by Proxy] Reference
Not to seem uncordial, I accepted the beer, which in all truth went down very well. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
I saw these things passing through his jealous heart as we talked together with uncordial civility. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
He climbed down the cable, silently bidding Quarters an uncordial farewell, and emerged with the others. From Wordnik.com. [Starship]
Our reception would seem to be uncordial: we are miserably housed in the heart of the village, which is a beggarly one. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
On this occasion he was oddly stiff and uncordial. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders] Reference
Something uncordial in his tone struck her; but she was a fighter. From Wordnik.com. [Widdershins] Reference
"Well, who are you?" said the uncordial grandmother, still puzzled. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Montana] Reference
To his inquiries on that head he obtained scant and uncordial response. From Wordnik.com. [The Sign of the Spider] Reference
But to end conflict one must abandon aggressive or uncordial pretensions. From Wordnik.com. [War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war] Reference
"Why, y-- yes, I suppose so," hesitated Simeon Holly, with uncordial accent. From Wordnik.com. [Just David] Reference
The man in the tuxedo favored Mason with an appraising stare from uncordial eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of the Dangerous Dowager]
His tone was not uncordial, but his eyes had turned to watch Elsie dance across to one of the inner doorways that led into a short passage. From Wordnik.com. [Bloom of Cactus] Reference
Friday, their landlady would show signs of pleasure; but Mrs. Diggs from the porch threw an uncordial eye at the three arriving in the buggy. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy 4] Reference
We wrote him out a note which would explain his wanderings, got him to deposit us near a Y.M. C.A. tent, and bade him an uncordial "Good-bye.". From Wordnik.com. [The Glory of the Trenches] Reference
London; that is, I took upon myself to be always cool, always courteous, deliberate in my replies, and not uncordial, though I was for representing the reserved young man. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
Donald was decidedly uncordial in his welcoming of Peter; without saying a word the young Quaker made Peter aware that he was a renegade, a coward who had "thrown down" the Goober defense. From Wordnik.com. [100\%: the Story of a Patriot] Reference
With traits akin to the New Deal president and a nation in economic crisis potentially as harrowing, perhaps President Obama's surprise at the uncordial response of the press corps is warranted. From Wordnik.com. [ModerateVoters.org] Reference
At Meadeville, he purposely avoided Black, his next-door neighbor, with whom he customarily walked home from the depot -- for Skinner was not the man to inflict an uncordial condition upon an innocent person. From Wordnik.com. [Skinner's Dress Suit] Reference
There certainly was not room for much more dislike in her mind of the Tories; but it was useless to give the Prince so ungracious and uncordial a reception, and to render him as inimical to them as she already is. From Wordnik.com. [The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3)] Reference
Cousin Hetty nodded dry, though not uncordial greetings to the strangers and said crisply, "You're welcome enough to sit around anywhere you can find, and eat your lunch here, but where you're going to find anything to show off, beats me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Brimming Cup] Reference
Being naturally a facile class, and not so narrowly wedded to their own convictions as to be unable to subordinate them to the popular will or wisdom, they now for the most part gave their superficial and uncordial adhesion to the President. From Wordnik.com. [Abraham Lincoln]
London lodging-house rooms in Winter when the blinds are down, and a cheerless fire is in the grate, or when blinds are up and street-lamps salute the inhabitants with uncordial rays, are not entertaining places of residence for restless spirits. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
But Strong said, no, he didn't want any money; he was flush, quite flush -- "that is, not flush enough to pay you back your last loan, Altamont, but quite able to carry on for some time to come" -- and so, with a not uncordial greeting between them, the two parted. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy] Reference
The doors of lords and ladies opened with a tardy courtesy; he was received with a cold and measured stateliness, was seldom requested to stop, seldomer to repeat his visit; and one of his companions used to relate with what indignant feeling the poet recounted his fruitless calls and his uncordial receptions in the good town of Edinburgh. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Burns] Reference
"His self-conceit was too great to attribute my very uncordial reception to anything except, as he said, 'my bashfulness.'. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
She picked up the telephone, said "Hello" in a drowsy, uncordial voice, then, her face showing surprise, she said, "Oh, yes, Miss Winifred. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of the Caretaker's Cat]
"that is, not flush enough to pay you back your last loan, Altamont, but quite able to carry on for some time to come," and so, with a not uncordial greeting between them, the two parted. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
“This last minatory admonition was the more tolerable, that my rival had his share of it; and so we were bundled off to Scotland, coupled up like two pointers in a dog-cart, and — I can speak for one at least — with much the same uncordial feelings towards each other. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ronan's Well] Reference
"This last minatory admonition was the more tolerable, that my rival had his share of it; and so we were bundled off to Scotland, coupled up like two pointers in a dog-cart, and -- I can speak for one at least -- with much the same uncordial feelings towards each other. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ronan's Well] Reference
Constance agreed with an uncordial sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Junior] Reference
Major Holt turned uncordial eyes upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Space Tug] Reference
The grim, uncordial coast. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross-Current] Reference
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