Antonyms for forgiving
fərˈgɪv ɪŋfor·giv·ing

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1. forgiving

   Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.

   See synonyms for BARBAROUS.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, gentle, gracious, human, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. forgivingadjective

   inclined or able to forgive and show mercy

   "a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child"

   Antonyms:
   vindictive, inculpative, vengeful, unforgiving, inculpatory, revengeful

   Synonyms:
   absolvitory, exonerative

2. absolvitory, exonerative, forgivingadjective

   providing absolution

   Antonyms:
   revengeful, inculpative, vindictive, vengeful, inculpatory, unforgiving

   Synonyms:
   absolvitory, exonerative

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1. forgivingadjective

   Antonyms:
   unforgiving, implacable

   Synonyms:
   compassionate, indulgent, placable, remissive

How to use forgiving in a sentence?

1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Live like a tree, giving, forgiving and free.

2. Saadi Shirazi:

   Be thou generous, and gentle, and forgiving; as God hath scattered upon thee, scatter thou upon others.

3. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   From the 15th, Hungarian authorities cannot be forgiving of illegal border-crossing.

4. Andrew Schneider:

   Trees like to have kids climb on them, but trees are much bigger than we are, and much more forgiving.

5. Charles Dickens:

   But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.

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