Antonyms for kinder
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kahynd |
| Phonetic Transcription : kaɪnd |
- aloof
- antagonistic
- bad
- bitter
- cold
- cool
- cruel
- disagreeable
- discourteous
- disliking
- hard
- harsh
- hateful
- inattentive
- inconsiderate
- indifferent
- inhumane
- mean
- merciless
- nasty
- rough
- rude
- severe
- thoughtless
- uncaring
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- unfriendly
- ungenerous
- unkind
- unmindful
- unsociable
- unsympathetic
- violent
Definition of kinder
Origin :- "class, sort, variety," from Old English gecynd "kind, nature, race," related to cynn "family" (see kin), from Proto-Germanic *gakundjaz "family, race" (see kind (adj.)). Ælfric's rendition of "the Book of Genesis" into Old English came out gecyndboc. The prefix disappeared 1150-1250. No exact cognates beyond English, but it corresponds to adjective endings such as Goth -kunds, Old High German -kund. Also in English as a suffix (mankind, etc.). Other earlier, now obsolete, senses in English included "character, quality derived from birth" and "manner or way natural or proper to anyone." Use in phrase a kind of (1590s) led to colloquial extension as adverb (1804) in phrases such as kind of stupid ("a kind of stupid (person)").
- adj generous, good
- My friend was, if any thing, kinder and more affectionate than ever.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- All that one is able to record is that she was kinder to Yates than she had been at the beginning.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- He kinder started when he see me, jumped on and begin to drive off.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Old mare's kinder skeery o' the engine, so I tied her a piece off.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- The eyes were wide apart, and kinder than in the photographs.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- I felt then it might be kinder to tell you I could never care.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- I love them dearly; no people could ever be kinder to a thankless creature than they always are to me.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- See the kinder shepherds round Him, Telling wonders from the sky!
- Extract from : « Grandma's Memories » by Mary D. Brine
- It is true, the scholar had the softer soul, but the master had the kinder.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
- But nothing could have been kinder than the Gladstones' reception of them and of us.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Synonyms for kinder
- affectionate
- all heart
- altruistic
- amiable
- amicable
- beneficent
- benevolent
- benign
- big
- bleeding-heart
- bounteous
- charitable
- clement
- compassionate
- congenial
- considerate
- cordial
- courteous
- eleemosynary
- friendly
- gentle
- good-hearted
- gracious
- heart in right place
- humane
- humanitarian
- indulgent
- kindhearted
- kindly
- lenient
- loving
- mild
- neighborly
- obliging
- philanthropic
- propitious
- soft touch
- softhearted
- sympathetic
- tenderhearted
- thoughtful
- tolerant
- understanding
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