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Synonyms for unkind
ʌnˈkaɪndun·kind

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  1. unkindadjective

    lacking kindness

    "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all"

    Synonyms:
    pitiless

    Antonyms:
    kindly, openhearted, good-hearted, kind-hearted, benignant, gentle, charitable, benign, sympathetic, gracious, kindhearted, humane, kind, large-hearted, benevolent

  2. pitiless, unkindadjective

    deficient in humane and kindly feelings

    Synonyms:
    unpitying, ruthless, remorseless, pitiless

    Antonyms:
    sympathetic, benevolent, gracious, benign, humane, kind-hearted, kind, openhearted, gentle, kindly, good-hearted, charitable, large-hearted, benignant, kindhearted

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  1. unkindadjective

    Synonyms:
    unfriendly, ungracious, unsympathizing, ungenial, unamiable, disobliging, harsh, cruel

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  1. unkindadjective

    Synonyms:
    cruel, harsh, austere, rigorous, incompassionate, inclement, brutal

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How to use unkind in a sentence?

  1. Michelle Mindlin:

    If he liked you, you were treated well, but if he didn’t, he could be very unkind.

  2. Kahlil Gibron:

    I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

  3. Anthony Seldon:

    Frightening impressionable undergraduates into believing that work alone is all-important is irresponsible, unkind and wrong-headed.

  4. Jennifer Aniston:

    I think that it comes from growing up in a household that was destabilized and felt unsafe, watching adults being unkind to each other, and witnessing certain things about human behavior that made me think: I dont want to do that. I dont want to be that. I dont want to experience this feeling Im having in my body right now. I dont want anyone else that I ever come in contact with ever to feel that.

  5. Jill Dictrow:

    [The show is] talking about sex the way I want to talk about it… so we can openly talk about what is going on behind the scenes and closed doors so people are having satisfying sexual relationships. [We’re] not talking about it in a way that is crude and unkind.


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