Thesaurus / unkindness
FEEDBACKHow to use unkindness in a sentence
The next thing I notice in the school history of this boy is the unkindness which he showed his school-fellows.
CHARLES DURANTHE AUTHOR OF THE WALDOSBut as it is—I must speak plainly—what you propose is degrading to you, and an insult to me, and a rank unkindness to your father.
TALES AND FANTASIESROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONNevertheless it is impossible to hide this unkindness from the eys of them that are in the Family.
THE TEN PLEASURES OF MARRIAGE AND THE CONFESSION OF THE NEW-MARRIED COUPLE (1682)A. MARSHWhy, what is thy kindness but the very extremity of unkindness?
THE SUBSTANCE OF A DREAM F. W. BAINShe was determined that she would not let Muriel's unkindness distress her any more.
THE NICEST GIRL IN THE SCHOOLANGELA BRAZILNow that all unkindness has been banished from among us, we can conceive of no such cruelty as death once seemed.
A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA: ROMANCEWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSHe was not devoid of good instincts; for he could repent of a misdeed or unkindness, and, after repeating it, repent again.
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGThis was not through unkindness, but because of dissipation and carelessness, all the time and attention being given elsewhere.
THE OLD FURNITURE BOOKN. HUDSON MOOREIf he sows seeds of unkindness and cruelty to man and beast, no one knows what the blackness of the harvest will be.
BEAUTIFUL JOEMARSHALL SAUNDERSPresently his stepfather appeared in the doorway, and with more than usual unkindness in his tone ordered him away on an errand.
THE WHITE SHIELDMYRTLE REEDWORDS RELATED TO UNKINDNESS
- acrimony
- asperity
- audacity
- bad manners
- barbarity
- bluntness
- boldness
- boorishness
- brass
- cheek
- coarseness
- crudeness
- crudity
- discourtesy
- disdain
- disrespect
- effrontery
- grossness
- harshness
- impertinence
- impudence
- incivility
- insolence
- intrusiveness
- irritability
- misbehavior
- nerve
- officiousness
- shamelessness
- sharpness
- tactlessness
- ungraciousness
- unkindness
- unmannerliness
- vulgarity
- animality
- barbarism
- barbarity
- bestiality
- bloodthirstiness
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- coarseness
- coldness
- depravity
- despotism
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- hard-heartedness
- heartlessness
- inhumanity
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malice
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- persecution
- rancor
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- severity
- spite
- spitefulness
- torture
- truculence
- truculency
- unfeelingness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- wickedness
- animality
- barbarism
- barbarity
- bestiality
- bloodthirstiness
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- coarseness
- coldness
- depravity
- despotism
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- hard-heartedness
- heartlessness
- inhumanity
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malice
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- persecution
- rancor
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- savagery
- severity
- spite
- spitefulness
- torture
- truculency
- unfeelingness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- wickedness
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