| Main Entry: | uncaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent |
Synonyms: |
aloof, blasé, callous, cold, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, heartless, impervious, listless, nonchalant, passionless, unaroused, unconcerned, unemotional, uninvolved, unmoved, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | cold-hearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
Synonyms: |
cold, detached, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, indifferent, insensitive, stony-hearted, uncaring, unemotional, unfriendly, unkind, unloving, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
warm-hearted |
| Main Entry: | hardened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, benumbed, callous, case-hardened, coldhearted, contemptuous, cruel, disdainful, habituated, hard-as-nails, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardhearted, heartless, impenetrable, impious, inaccessible, indurated, inured, irreverent, obdurate, obtuse, prepared, resistant, seasoned, steeled, toughened, unashamed, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unrepenting, unsubmissive |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | hardhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, cruel |
Synonyms: |
brutish, callous, cold-blooded, coldhearted, hard, hard-boiled, heartless, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, stony, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, kind, nice, softhearted, warm |
| Main Entry: | heartless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without feeling; cold |
Synonyms: |
brutal, callous, cold fish, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel, hard, hard as nails, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, harsh, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, savage, thick-skinned, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
caring, compassionate, considerate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic, warmhearted |
| Main Entry: | heedless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
Synonyms: |
asleep at the switch, daydreaming, disregardful, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, goofing off, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, irreflective, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, out to lunch, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash, sloppy, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary |
Antonyms: |
attentive, careful, caring, cautious, concerned, heedful, observant, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | inadvertent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accidental |
Synonyms: |
careless, chance, feckless, heedless, irreflective, negligent, not on purpose, reckless, thoughtless, uncaring, unconcerned, undesigned, undevised, unheeding, unintended, unintentional, unmindful, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unthought, unwitting |
Antonyms: |
advertent, attentive, deliberate, intentional, planned |
| Main Entry: | indifferent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, uninterested |
Synonyms: |
aloof, apathetic, blasé, callous, cold, cool, detached, diffident, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, equitable, haughty, heartless, heedless, highbrow, impartial, impervious, inattentive, listless, neutral, nonchalant, nonpartisan, objective, passionless, phlegmatic, regardless, scornful, silent, stoical, supercilious, superior, unaroused, unbiased, uncaring, uncommunicative, unconcerned, unemotional, unimpressed, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unresponsive, unsocial, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
caring, compassionate, concerned, feeling, interested, involved, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | indisposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling |
Synonyms: |
afraid, antagonistic, antipathetic, averse, backward, disinclined, hesitant, hostile, inimical, loath, reluctant, uncaring, uneager, uninclined |
Antonyms: |
bent, disposed, inclined, tending, willing |