What are the opposite words for kindness?
The word "kindness" carries with it a set of positive connotations, such as benevolence, generosity, and compassion. However, in the world of opposites, there are some words that mean the exact opposite of kindness. Such antonyms may include cruelty, maliciousness, hostility, wickedness, and evilness. These words represent negative qualities that can cause harm, pain, and suffering to others. Acts of unkindness can leave scars that may last for a lifetime. It's important to practice kindness as much as possible and to avoid actions or behaviors that are the opposite of kindness. By doing this, we can make the world a more positive and harmonious place for all.
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- wrong
- dislike
- hate
- evil
- severity
- violence
- attribute
- resentment
- opposition
- enmity
- promise
- malevolence
- contention
- detraction
- offense
- crime
- envy
- revenge
- vice
- guilt
- rage
- dishonesty
- roughness
- damage
- inequality
- jealousy
- acerbity
- anger
- antagonism
- antipathy
- asperity
- atrocity
- austerity
- barbarism
- barbarity
- belligerence
- bestiality
- coarseness
- competition
- cruelty
- delinquency
- detachment
- deviltry
- disconnection
- disservice
- enormity
- fault
- ferociousness
- fight
- gall
- hostility
- ill
- iniquity
- injustice
- lapse
- lip
- malice
- misapplication
- misappropriation
- mischief
- misconduct
- obscenity
- odium
- oppression
- point
- retort
- spite
- unfairness
- vindictiveness
- violation
- abuse
- acridity
- acrimony
- affront
- aspersion
- aversion
- bad blood
- barb
- brutality
- corruption
- crudity
- disaffection
- disgust
- distaste
- evildoing
- ferocity
- fury
- harm
- hurt
- infraction
- inhumanity
- injury
- insult
- misfortune
- mistake
- oath
- outrage
- racket
- rancor
- rigor
- rudeness
- rupture
- sacrilege
- sarcasm
- sin
- spleen
- transgression
- wrongdoing
- wrong use
- bitterness of taste
- nasty behavior, speech
- an insult
- hatred
- feud
- state of being mad, annoyed
- extreme dislike, hatred
- causing problem; opposition
- strong dislike, disgust
- harshness; bad temper
- verbal exhibition of bad temper
- outrageous behavior
- reprisal
- dislike; opposition
- bitterness of feeling
- ill will
- crudity, savagery, especially in speech
- crudity, savagery
- nausea
- cruel treatment
- false accusation
- displeasure
- offense against the law
- brutality, harshness
- injury, loss
- dissatisfaction
- misrepresentation; slander
- unpleasantness
- alienation, estrangement
- antagonism, hatred toward something
- unhappiness, anger
- discontent, unhappiness
- unkindness
- dislike, hate
- hatred, animosity
- horribleness
- badness, immorality; disaster
- blame, sin; mistake
- physical encounter
- anger, wrath
- blame; bad conscience over responsibility
- injury, evil
- extreme dislike
- antagonism, meanness
- injury; damage
- bitter feeling
- prejudice; lack of balance
- sin, evil
- hurt, harm
- hateful communication
- compassion, generosity
- helping act; service
- hate, vengefulness
- calumniation
- mistreatment
- trouble, damage
- sickness in stomach; revulsion
- shame, dishonor
- violation, trespass
- obstruction, antagonism
- misery, hardship
- atrocity, evil
- criminal activity
- extreme anger
- bitterness, hatefulness
- hate, anger
- snappy answer
- strictness, exactness
- impoliteness
- disagreement, dissolution
- mocking remark
- illegal or immoral action
- violation, misbehavior
- unjustness
- disagreeableness
- poison; hating
- bad habit; sin
- armed conflict
- sinfulness
- offense, sin
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- wrong
- dislike
- hate
- evil
- severity
- violence
- attribute
- resentment
-
opposition
- negativism,
- Antinomies,
- Antinomy,
- obstructiveness,
- confrontings,
- counter action,
- counter actions,
- counter attack,
- counter attacks,
- counter-action,
- counter-actions,
- counter-attack,
- counter-attacks,
- de fenses,
- de fiance,
- de fiances,
- de-fenses,
- de-fiance,
- de-fiances,
- negativisms,
- obstructivenesses,
- opposures.
- enmity
-
promise
- oath.
- malevolence
-
contention
- demurrer,
- flak,
- predication,
- set-to,
- statics,
- strife,
- Wars,
- demurrers,
- predications,
- bone to pick,
- be lief,
- be-lief,
- bone contention,
- bone pick,
- de position,
- de positions,
- de-position,
- de-positions,
- dis sent,
- dis sents,
- dis unity,
- dis-sent,
- dis-sents,
- dis-unity,
- ex planation,
- ex planations,
- ex-planations,
- feudings,
- hypo thesis,
- hypo-thesis,
- maintainings,
- runin,
- set to,
- set tos,
- set-tos,
- setto,
- settos,
- wranglings.
-
detraction
- muckraking,
- scandalmongering,
- pejoratives,
- backstabbings,
- de rogation,
- de rogations,
- de traction,
- de tractions,
- de-rogation,
- de-rogations,
- de-traction,
- de-tractions,
- dis esteem,
- dis esteems,
- dis-esteem,
- dis-esteems,
- in-sinuation,
- in-sinuations,
- libelings,
- malignings,
- muckrakings,
- running downs,
- scandalmongerings,
- traducings.
- offense
-
crime
- criminality,
- fast one,
- illegality,
- immorality,
- tort,
- Delict,
- Malefaction,
- Torts,
- antisocial behavior,
- antisocial behaviors,
- criminalities,
- delicts,
- delictum,
- delictums,
- evil behavior,
- evil behaviors,
- fast ones,
- in fraction,
- male faction,
- male factions,
- male-faction,
- male-factions,
- malefactions,
- mis demeanor,
- mis demeanors,
- mis-demeanor,
- mis-demeanors,
- unlawful act,
- unlawful acts.
- envy
- revenge
- vice
-
guilt
- blameworthiness,
- self-reproach,
- blameworthinesses,
- dis honor,
- dis honors,
- dis-honor,
- dis-honors,
- mis steps,
- peccabilities,
- re morse,
- re morses,
- re-morse,
- re-morses,
- self condemnation,
- self condemnations,
- self reproach,
- self reproaches,
- self-condemnations,
- selfcondemnation,
- selfcondemnations,
- selfreproach,
- selfreproaches.
- rage
- dishonesty
-
roughness
- brusqueness,
- bumpiness,
- crudity,
- gruffness,
- raggedness,
- shagginess,
- Brokenness,
- Bushiness,
- Woolliness,
- Crudities,
- beardedness,
- beardednesses,
- bristlings,
- brokennesses,
- brusquenesses,
- bumpinesses,
- bushinesses,
- crinkledness,
- crinklednesses,
- gruffnesses,
- raggednesses,
- shagginesses,
- woollinesses,
- wrinkledness,
- wrinklednesses.
- damage
-
inequality
- Imparity,
- imparities,
- dis crimination,
- dis criminations,
- dis parities,
- dis parity,
- dis proportion,
- dis proportions,
- dis similarities,
- dis similarity,
- dis similitude,
- dis similitudes,
- dis-crimination,
- dis-criminations,
- dis-parities,
- dis-parity,
- dis-proportion,
- dis-proportions,
- dis-similarities,
- dis-similarity,
- dis-similitude,
- dis-similitudes,
- in equalities,
- in equality,
- in-commensuratenesses,
- in-equalities,
- in-equality,
- incommensurateness,
- incommensuratenesses,
- one sidedness,
- preferentiality,
- un equivalence,
- un equivalences,
- un evenness,
- un evennesses,
- un-equivalence,
- un-equivalences,
- un-evennesses,
- unequivalence,
- unequivalences.
-
jealousy
- envy.
- acerbity
- anger
- antagonism
- antipathy
- asperity
- atrocity
- austerity
-
barbarism
- catachresis,
- localism,
- malapropism,
- provincialism,
- Vernacularism,
- vernacularisms,
- malapropisms,
- catachresises,
- localisms,
- mis-usage,
- mis-usages,
- primitive culture,
- primitive cultures,
- provincialisms,
- un civilizedness,
- un civilizednesses,
- un-civilizedness,
- un-civilizednesses,
- uncivilizedness,
- uncivilizednesses,
- vernacularities,
- vernacularity.
- barbarity
- belligerence
- bestiality
- coarseness
- competition
-
cruelty
- bestiality,
- callousness,
- heartlessness,
- insensitiveness,
- mercilessness,
- murderousness,
- savagery,
- Masochisms,
- Hard-heartedness,
- callousnesses,
- hard heartedness,
- hard heartednesses,
- hard-heartednesses,
- hardheartednesses,
- heartlessnesses,
- in sensibilities,
- in sensibility,
- in sensitiveness,
- in sensitivenesses,
- in-sensibilities,
- in-sensibility,
- in-sensitiveness,
- in-sensitivenesses,
- insensitivenesses,
- mercilessnesses,
- murderousnesses.
- delinquency
-
detachment
- dreaminess,
- woolgathering,
- de tail,
- de tails,
- de-tail,
- de-tails,
- dis engagement,
- dis engagements,
- dis interestedness,
- dis interestednesses,
- dis joining,
- dis solution,
- dis solutions,
- dis union,
- dis unions,
- dis-engagement,
- dis-engagements,
- dis-interestedness,
- dis-interestednesses,
- dis-joining,
- dis-solution,
- dis-solutions,
- dis-union,
- dis-unions,
- disjoinings,
- dreaminesses,
- in curiosity,
- in difference,
- in differences,
- in-curiosities,
- in-curiosity,
- in-difference,
- in-differences,
- non partisanship,
- non partisanships,
- non-partisanship,
- non-partisanships,
- pre occupation,
- pre occupations,
- pre-occupation,
- pre-occupations,
- split ups,
- split-ups,
- splitups,
- un concern,
- un concerns,
- un-concern,
- un-concerns,
- woolgatherings.
- deviltry
- disconnection
- disservice
- enormity
- fault
- ferociousness
- fight
- gall
- hostility
- ill
- iniquity
- injustice
- lapse
- lip
- malice
- misapplication
- misappropriation
- mischief
- misconduct
- obscenity
- odium
- oppression
-
point
- barb.
- retort
- spite
- unfairness
- vindictiveness
- violation
- abuse
- acridity
- acrimony
- affront
- aspersion
-
aversion
- hatred,
- Hates,
- dis favor,
- dis favors,
- dis gust,
- dis gusts,
- dis inclination,
- dis inclinations,
- dis liking,
- dis likings,
- dis-favor,
- dis-favors,
- dis-gust,
- dis-gusts,
- dis-inclination,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-liking,
- dis-likings,
- dislikings,
- having no use for,
- having no use fors,
- in disposition,
- in dispositions,
- in-disposition,
- in-dispositions,
- un willingness,
- un willingnesses,
- un-willingness,
- un-willingnesses.
-
bad blood
- unfriendliness,
- Oppugnation,
- bad chemistries,
- bad chemistry,
- bad feeling,
- bad feelings,
- bad vibe,
- bad vibes,
- bad will,
- bad wills,
- bad-blood,
- dis accord,
- dis accords,
- dis trust,
- dis trusts,
- dis-accord,
- dis-accords,
- dis-trust,
- dis-trusts,
- ill disposedness,
- ill disposednesses,
- ill-disposedness,
- ill-disposednesses,
- illdisposedness,
- illdisposednesses,
- mutual hostilities,
- mutual hostility,
- oppugnations,
- personality conflict,
- personality conflicts,
- un friendliness,
- un friendlinesses,
- un-friendlinesses.
- barb
- brutality
-
corruption
- breach of trust,
- bribery,
- falsification,
- jobbery,
- looseness,
- rottenness,
- sinfulness,
- unscrupulousness,
- Briberies,
- Lubricity,
- falsifications,
- lubricities,
- profiteering,
- breach trust,
- bribings,
- de cadence,
- de cadences,
- de cay,
- de cays,
- de generation,
- de generations,
- de gradation,
- de gradations,
- de moralization,
- de moralizations,
- de-cadence,
- de-cadences,
- de-cay,
- de-cays,
- de-generation,
- de-generations,
- de-gradation,
- de-gradations,
- de-moralization,
- de-moralizations,
- doctorings,
- fiddlings,
- fraudulencies,
- jobberies,
- loosenesses,
- mis representation,
- mis representations,
- mis-representation,
- noxiousnesses,
- on take,
- profiteerings,
- rottennesses,
- shady deal,
- shady deals,
- sinfulnesses,
- un scrupulousnesses,
- un-scrupulousness,
- un-scrupulousnesses,
- unscrupulousnesses.
- crudity
- disaffection
- disgust
- distaste
- evildoing
- ferocity
- fury
- harm
- hurt
- infraction
- inhumanity
- injury
-
insult
- disdainfulness,
- Unpleasantries,
- Unpleasantry,
- cheap shot,
- cheap shots,
- dis courtesies,
- dis courtesy,
- dis respect,
- dis respects,
- dis-courtesies,
- dis-courtesy,
- dis-respect,
- dis-respects,
- disdainfulnesses,
- in civilities,
- in civility,
- in-civilities,
- in-civility,
- un pleasantries,
- un pleasantry,
- un-pleasantries,
- un-pleasantry.
-
misfortune
- ill.
- mistake
-
oath
- adjuration,
- malediction,
- adjurations,
- cuss word,
- no-no,
- cuss words,
- dirty name,
- dirty names,
- four letter word,
- fourletter word,
- male diction,
- male dictions,
- male-diction,
- male-dictions,
- no no,
- no no's,
- no nos,
- no-no's,
- no-nos,
- nono,
- nono's,
- nonos,
- strong language,
- strong languages,
- sworn declaration,
- sworn declarations,
- word honor.
- outrage
- racket
- rancor
- rigor
- rudeness
- rupture
- sacrilege
- sarcasm
- sin
- spleen
- transgression
- wrongdoing
- wrong use
- bitterness of taste
- nasty behavior, speech
- an insult
- hatred
- feud
- state of being mad, annoyed
- extreme dislike, hatred
- causing problem; opposition
- strong dislike, disgust
- harshness; bad temper
- verbal exhibition of bad temper
- outrageous behavior
- reprisal
- dislike; opposition
- bitterness of feeling
- ill will
- crudity, savagery, especially in speech
- crudity, savagery
- nausea
- cruel treatment
- false accusation
- displeasure
- offense against the law
- brutality, harshness
- injury, loss
-
dissatisfaction
- fretfulness,
- lamentation,
- querulousness,
- de solation,
- de solations,
- de-solation,
- de-solations,
- dis comfort,
- dis comforts,
- dis may,
- dis mays,
- dis quiet,
- dis quiets,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis satisfactions,
- dis tress,
- dis tresses,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-comforts,
- dis-may,
- dis-mays,
- dis-quiet,
- dis-quiets,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis-satisfactions,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tresses,
- fretfulnesses,
- malcontentment,
- malcontentments,
- malcontents,
- querulousnesses,
- un easiness,
- un-easiness,
- un-easinesses.
- misrepresentation; slander
- unpleasantness
- alienation, estrangement
- antagonism, hatred toward something
- unhappiness, anger
- discontent, unhappiness
- unkindness
- dislike, hate
- hatred, animosity
- horribleness
-
badness, immorality; disaster
- evil.
- blame, sin; mistake
- physical encounter
-
anger, wrath
- fury.
- blame; bad conscience over responsibility
-
injury, evil
- harm.
-
extreme dislike
- hate.
- antagonism, meanness
-
injury; damage
- hurt.
- bitter feeling
- prejudice; lack of balance
- sin, evil
- hurt, harm
- hateful communication
- compassion, generosity
- helping act; service
- hate, vengefulness
- calumniation
- mistreatment
- trouble, damage
- sickness in stomach; revulsion
- shame, dishonor
- violation, trespass
- obstruction, antagonism
- misery, hardship
- atrocity, evil
- criminal activity
-
extreme anger
- rage.
- bitterness, hatefulness
- hate, anger
- snappy answer
- strictness, exactness
- impoliteness
- disagreement, dissolution
- mocking remark
-
illegal or immoral action
- sin.
- violation, misbehavior
- unjustness
- disagreeableness
- poison; hating
-
bad habit; sin
- vice.
-
armed conflict
- war.
- sinfulness
- offense, sin
-
Other relevant words
- animosity,
- antipathy,
- callousness,
- coldheartedness,
- coldness,
- disinterest,
- dislike,
- greediness,
- grimness,
- hatred,
- hindrance,
- hostility,
- hurdle,
- illiberality,
- impediment,
- indifference,
- insensitivity,
- interference,
- malignity,
- mercilessness,
- niggardliness,
- obstacle,
- pitilessness,
- ruthlessness,
- self-seeking,
- selfishness,
- stinginess,
- thoughtlessness,
- toughness,
- unconcern,
- unfeelingness,
- Unkindliness,
- cold-bloodedness.
-
Other antonyms
- detachment,
- distaste,
- fury,
- hate,
- unfairness.
Antonym of the day
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- Antonyms:
- few, little.
