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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?
If he liked you, you were treated well, but if he didn’t, he could be very unkind.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Frightening impressionable undergraduates into believing that work alone is all-important is irresponsible, unkind and wrong-headed.
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.
[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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