From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unkind \Un*kind"\, adjective [See {Kin} kindred.] Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] ''Such unkind abominations.'' --Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T. Elyot. -- {Un*kind"ly}, adverb -- {Un*kind"ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" [ant: {kind}]
2: deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: {pitiless}]
3: lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy [syn: {cruel}]
4: used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: {brutal}, {cruel}, {harsh}, {rigorous}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "unkind": callous, cruel, disagreeable, flinty, hard, harsh, heartless, ill, inconsiderate, inflexible, inhospitable, inhuman, insensitive, mean, rigid, severe, stern, thoughtless, tough, unaffectionate, unamiable, unbending, unbenign, unbenignant, uncaring, uncharitable, unchristian, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unconcerned, uncordial, unfeeling, ungenial, ungracious, unkindly, unloving, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, unthoughtful, unyielding
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