Definition for Unkindness:

• lack of sympathy

Synonyms for Unkindness:

• n.

  •acrimony (noun)
  • asperity,
  • rancor,
  • harshness,
  • belligerence,
  • ill will,
  • irascibility,
  • animosity,
  • sarcasm,
  • antipathy,
  • acerbity,
  • bitterness,
  • malevolence,
  • peevishness,
  • mordancy,
  • virulence,
  • malice.
  •attribute (noun)
  • unkindness.
  •cruelty (noun)
  • coldness,
  • despotism,
  • torture,
  • insensibility,
  • venom,
  • coarseness,
  • viciousness,
  • malignity,
  • depravity,
  • truculence,
  • severity,
  • barbarism,
  • masochism,
  • barbarity,
  • fierceness,
  • animality,
  • bestiality,
  • sadism,
  • wickedness,
  • persecution.
  •hardness (noun)
  • rigidity,
  • stringency,
  • rigorousness.
  •rudeness (noun)
  • disdain,
  • effrontery,
  • nerve,
  • impertinence,
  • ungraciousness,
  • discourtesy,
  • vulgarity,
  • impudence,
  • disrespect,
  • sharpness,
  • misbehavior,
  • boldness,
  • incivility,
  • brass,
  • grossness,
  • audacity,
  • cheek,
  • irritability,
  • bad manners,
  • insolence.
  •savagery (noun)
  • brutality.
  •severity (noun)
  • austerity,
  • sternness,
  • hardness,
  • rigor,
  • strictness,
  • grimness,
  • hardheartedness.
  •unpleasantness (noun)
  • antagonism,
  • hostility.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • abjection,
  • acrimony,
  • astringency,
  • beastliness,
  • bloodthirstiness,
  • bluntness,
  • boorishness,
  • callousness,
  • crankiness,
  • crudeness,
  • crudity,
  • cruelty,
  • ferocity,
  • heartlessness,
  • ill temper,
  • inhumanity,
  • insensitiveness,
  • intrusiveness,
  • lowness,
  • meanness,
  • mercilessness,
  • miserliness,
  • murderousness,
  • officiousness,
  • rudeness,
  • ruthlessness,
  • savageness,
  • savagery,
  • shamelessness,
  • sordidness,
  • spite,
  • spitefulness,
  • stinginess,
  • tactlessness,
  • tartness,
  • toughness,
  • truculency,
  • unfeelingness,
  • unpleasantness,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • unworthiness,
  • Churlishness,
  • KNavishness,
  • Contemptibleness,
  • Crudities,
  • brutishness,
  • fiendishness,
  • Hard-heartedness,
  • Unmannerliness,
  • astringencies,
  • ferocities,
  • ill-temper,
  • smallmindedness.

Antonyms for Unkindness:

• n.

  • acrimony
    liking, kindness, politeness, benevolence, mildness, good will, civility, courtesy, diplomacy, Sweetness, sympathy, like, flattery, love.
  • cruelty
    mercy, feeling, thoughtfulness, charity, gentility, consideration, niceness, compassion.
  • meanness
    generosity, virtue, morality, nobility, worthiness, goodness, honor.
  • rudeness
    good manners, manners, humility, fear, caution, shyness, modesty, carefulness, timidity, respect, meekness.
  • severity
    pity, softness.
  • unpleasantness
    agreement, pleasantness, friendliness.
  • Other antonyms:
    gentleness, amiability, good nature, smoothness.

Unkindness Sentence Examples:

• I pass over the injustice and unkindness on your part of that remark, and I hope you will accept my offer.

• How can I ever forgive myself for my unkindness to you, who were so good and generous to me, and mine, and never even reproached me for my cruelty?

Hypernym for Unkindness:

• n.

  • attribute
    inconsideration, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, unhelpfulness.

Hyponym for Unkindness:

• n.

  • attribute
    insensitiveness, insensitivity.