Antonyms for unkindness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhn-kahynd

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈkaɪnd

Definition of unkindness

Origin : early 13c. (implied in unkindly), "strange, foreign, unnatural," from un- (1) "not" + kind (adj.). Meaning "lacking in kindness" is recorded from mid-14c. Related: Unkindly; unkindness.

As in meanness : noun the quality of being mean
As in rudeness : noun impoliteness
As in severity : noun asperity
As in unpleasantness : noun unfriendliness
As in acrimony : noun nasty behavior, speech
As in hardness : noun severity
As in rigidity : noun severity
As in rigorousness : noun severity
As in savagery : noun cruelty
As in sternness : noun severity
As in strictness : noun severity
As in stringency : noun severity
As in toughness : noun severity
As in truculence : noun cruelty
As in truculency : noun cruelty
As in cruelty : noun brutality, harshness

Example sentences :

How often is distress, similar to this, aggravated by unkindness!
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

To complain of a brother's unkindness, that, indeed, I might do.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Had their unkindness then really driven her to seek for peace in solitude?
Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

You might think I bad-met with unkindness; but it was not so; it was the other way more than I deserved.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

But the windows remained closed, and she was wounded by this as by an unkindness to herself.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Or is it unkindness to let him see that I mislike his capers?
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

Palla did not evade the question: “From the unkindness of life,” she said.
Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

I do not fancy you will have much of unkindness to combat, except from the enemy.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

Unkindness, ingratitude, and every wickedness, are in the scene before you.
Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews

"Do not let us speak about unkindness, or anything else," says the young man, impatiently.
Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

Synonyms for unkindness

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