Antonyms for KINDNESS
ˈkaɪnd nɪskind·ness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. kindness

   According to the etymology and original usage, beneficence is the doing well, benevolence the wishing or willing well to others; but benevolence has come to include beneficence, and to displace it. We should not now speak of benevolence which did not help, unless where there was no power to help; even then we should rather say good-will or sympathy. Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence. Benignity suggests some occult power of blessing, such as was formerly ascribed to the stars; we may say a good man has an air of benignity. Kindness and tenderness are personal; benevolence and charity are general. Kindness extends to all sentient beings, whether men or animals, in prosperity or in distress. Tenderness especially goes out toward the young, feeble, and needy, or even to the dead. Humanity is so much kindness and tenderness toward man or beast as it would be inhuman not to have; we say of some act of care or kindness, "common humanity requires it." Generosity is self-forgetful kindness in disposition or action; it includes much besides giving; as, the generosity of forgiveness. Bounty applies to ample giving, which on a larger scale is expressed by munificence. Liberality indicates broad, genial kindly views, whether manifested in gifts or otherwise. We speak of the bounty of a generous host, the liberality or munificence of the founder of a college, or of the liberality of a theologian toward the holders of conflicting beliefs. Philanthropy applies to wide schemes for human welfare, often, but not always, involving large expenditures in charity or benevolence. Compare MERCY.

   Antonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

   Synonyms:
   almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishness

   Preposition:
   Benevolence of, on the part of, or from the wealthy, to or toward the poor.

Matched Categories

1. • Good
   • Mercifulness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. kindnessnoun

   the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

   Synonyms:
   benignity, forgivingness

2. forgivingness, kindnessnoun

   tendency to be kind and forgiving

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

   Synonyms:
   forgivingness, benignity, kindness

3. kindness, benignitynoun

   a kind act

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

   Synonyms:
   graciousness, benignity, benignancy, kindness, forgivingness

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1. kindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   compassion, benignity, benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness, favor, service, good turn

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How to use KINDNESS in a sentence?

1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   My purpose of life is sweet indeed. I like to help people when in need. I am longing for happiness. I am expressing my kindness. I am expressing my love every day. I am compassionate all the way.

2. Plato:

   If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.*

3. William Wordsworth:

   The best portion of a good man’s life is his little nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love.

4. Ayaka Sano:

   My grandmother didn’t know how her brother, Fujio, died in the war, or even where he died, by receiving the flag from Mrs. McCormack, she knew how he died and where he died. She finally knew that he actually died. She was grateful for the kindness.

5. John Roberts:

   A son of the Midwest heartland and a veteran of World War II, Justice John Paul Stevens devoted his long life to public service, including 35 years on the Supreme Court, he brought to our bench an inimitable blend of kindness, humility, wisdom, and independence. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation. We extend our deepest condolences to his children Elizabeth and Susan, and to his extended family.

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