unkindness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- lack of sympathyOpposite kindnessType of insensitivity, insensitivenessKinds unhelpfulness, inconsideration
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“unkindness” is listed under Unkind.
Un·kind′ adjective
1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. obsolete “Such unkind abominations.” Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth.— Sir Thomas Elyot
— Un·kind′wb-a1′>′ly, adverb — Un·kind′wb-a1′>′ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54