Synonyms for unfeeling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-fee-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfi lɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for unfeeling Other synonyms for the word unfeeling
- cold-blooded
- cold-hearted
- crotchety
- cruel
- deadened
- exacting
- feelingless
- hard
- hardened
- heartless
- icy
- inanimate
- inhuman
- insensate
- insensible
- insensitive
- iron-hearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pitiless
- ruthless
- sensationless
- senseless
- severe
- stony
- surly
- thick-skinned
- tough
- unamiable
- uncaring
- uncompassionate
- uncordial
- unemotional
- unkind
- unsympathetic
Définition of unfeeling
Origin :- late Old English, "having no sensation," from un- (1) "not" + feeling (see feel (v.)). Meaning "devoid of kindly or tender feelings" is recorded from 1590s. Related: Unfeelingly.
- adj hard-hearted, numb
- He is not so ungenerous a man as you think him: nor has he an unfeeling heart.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I am better there, it is unfeeling in me to be here, when I can do the least thing there.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He was by no means an unfeeling man, but he had his duty to do.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Of course it would be indelicate, if not unfeeling, to ask her about it.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
- And you are unfeeling, besides, for you remind me that I am very hungry.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "They say that I am hard, bloodthirsty and unfeeling," he said in tones that were almost of complaint.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- And the son had been just the harsh, unfeeling offspring that might be looked for from such a union.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- He was kind-hearted and affectionate; but Donna Gaetana was all that was cruel and unfeeling.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- They seemed so unfeeling, too, and so heartless at such a moment.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- He is a cold, harsh, unfeeling fellow, distrustful and false.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for unfeeling
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