unkind
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unkind
- /ʌnˈkaɪnd/ US, UK
Rhymes with -aɪnd
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English unkynde; equivalent to un- + kind.
adjective unkinder · more unkind · unkindest · most unkind
- Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him! This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors’ arms, Quite vanquish’d him: then burst his mighty heart;
- Not kind; contrary to nature or type; unnatural. […] A Feauer is an vnkinde heate, that commeth out of the heart, and passeth into all the members of the bodye, and grieueth the working of the bodye.
- Having no race or kindred; childless. O, had thy mother borne so hard a mind, She had not brought forth thee, but died unkind.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: inhumane, unkindly, pitiless, cruel, unsympathetic, heartless, harsh, brutal, hurtful, hard, rigorous, stinging, cutting, edged, callous, bad
Talk about this word "unkind." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unkind. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unkind. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unkind "unkind." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unkind.Cite this
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