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Synonyms for unkind
ʌnˈkaɪndun·kind
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unkind
Synonyms:
adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, warlikeAntonyms:
accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed
Princeton's WordNet
unkindadjective
lacking kindness
"a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all"
Synonyms:
pitilessAntonyms:
kindly, openhearted, good-hearted, kind-hearted, benignant, gentle, charitable, benign, sympathetic, gracious, kindhearted, humane, kind, large-hearted, benevolentpitiless, unkindadjective
deficient in humane and kindly feelings
Synonyms:
unpitying, ruthless, remorseless, pitilessAntonyms:
sympathetic, benevolent, gracious, benign, humane, kind-hearted, kind, openhearted, gentle, kindly, good-hearted, charitable, large-hearted, benignant, kindhearted
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unkindadjective
Synonyms:
unfriendly, ungracious, unsympathizing, ungenial, unamiable, disobliging, harsh, cruel
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1986 | cold | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#9085 | distant | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#26085 | ruthless | |
#27806 | contentious | |
#36720 | alienated | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#45446 | estranged | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#55147 | belligerent | |
#60499 | unkind | |
#64070 | disaffected | |
#66269 | warlike | |
#88971 | inimical | |
#103416 | pitiless | |
#115380 | bellicose | |
#151356 | remorseless |
How to use unkind in a sentence?
Dad taught me to always be appreciative of what you have, in fact, he would never say no to anyone who asked for an autograph. Even if it was at the most inconvenient moment, he ’d be so gracious and say yes. I remember he once said, ‘ These are the people who put me here ’ and that’s why he did it. He also taught me that it’s so easy to be kind and so hard to be unkind, because he always had so much love and respect for other people. He was such a good man.
It is simply heartbreaking, clearly the results have been immeasurably more crushing and unkind than I could ever have feared.
Frightening impressionable undergraduates into believing that work alone is all-important is irresponsible, unkind and wrong-headed.
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
If he liked you, you were treated well, but if he didn’t, he could be very unkind.
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