Unkind \Un*kind"\, a. [See Kin kindred.]
Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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