Unkind

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unkind \Un*kind"\, a. [See {Kin} kindred.]
     Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
     1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
        kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations."
        --Chaucer.
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     2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
        the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
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              He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most
              unkind that forgetteth.               --Sir T.
                                                    Elyot.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unkind
       adj 1: lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the
              unkindest cut of all" [ant: {kind}]
       2: deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: {pitiless}]
       3: lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy [syn: {cruel}]
       4: used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause
          suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be
          cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous
          climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: {brutal}, {cruel}, {harsh},
           {rigorous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "unkind":
     callous, cruel, disagreeable, flinty, hard, harsh, heartless, ill,
     inconsiderate, inflexible, inhospitable, inhuman, insensitive,
     mean, rigid, severe, stern, thoughtless, tough, unaffectionate,
     unamiable, unbending, unbenign, unbenignant, uncaring,
     uncharitable, unchristian, uncompassionate, uncompassioned,
     unconcerned, uncordial, unfeeling, ungenial, ungracious, unkindly,
     unloving, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, unthoughtful,
     unyielding