Antonyms for compassionate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : adjective kuhm-pash-uh-nit; verb kuhm-pash-uh-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective kəmˈpæʃ ə nɪt; verb kəmˈpæʃ əˌneɪt

Definition of compassionate

Origin : 1580s, from compassion + -ate (1). Related: Compassionately. Phrase compassionate conservatism in American political language recorded by 1992, popularized, if not coined, by Marvin Olasky, University of Texas at Austin instructor.

adj having tender feelings

Example sentences :

Our Government must at the same time be both competent and compassionate.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Were you to know how I have suffered, you would be compassionate.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

He was quite incapable of any compassionate feeling about the boy, or about his fate.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Not one to save her,––not one of all the compassionate people!
Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

The others looked at him and smiled with an air of compassionate superiority.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

The compassionate man is invariably one who has been greatly tempted.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

"Compassionate me, ma'am," he implored in the best of humors.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

Barbe was not only compassionate, but ready to answer all the questions in her power.
Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge

"You can tell us after a while," she said, with compassionate tenderness.
Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden

Linton only smiled, but it was a smile of most compassionate pity.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for compassionate

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