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| Main Entry: | unfeeling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard-hearted, numb |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep, brutal, callous, cantankerous, churlish, cold, cold fish*, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, crotchety, cruel, exacting, hard, hardened, heartless, icy, inanimate, inhuman, insensate, insensible, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, senseless, severe, stony, surly, thick-skinned*, tough, uncaring, unemotional, unkind, unsympathetic, anesthetized, benumbed, deadened, feelingless, iron-hearted, sensationless, unamiable, uncompassionate, uncordial |
| Antonyms: | concerned, feeling, loving, sensitive, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncaring, disinterested |
| Synonyms: | blah*, callous, cold, cool, could care less, couldn't care less, don't give a damn, draggy, emotionless, flat, impassive, indifferent, insensible, laid-back*, languid, moony, passive, stoic, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive, untouched, what the hell, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | caring, concerned, interested, responsive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, cold, cold-blooded, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsympathetic, blind to, case-hardened, deaf to, hard-bitten, indurated, insentient, inured, toughened, uncompassionate, unimpressionable, unsusceptible |
| 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-blooded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, heartless |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, dispassionate, hard-boiled, hardened, imperturbable, inhuman, matter-of-fact, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, savage, unemotional, unfeeling, unmoved, hard-hearted, steely, stony-hearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, demonstrative, feeling, friendly, merciful, nice, sympathetic, warm-blooded |
| Main Entry: | cruel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vicious, pitiless; causing pain |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked, brutish, demoniac, hard-hearted, inhumane, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel |
| Main Entry: | hard-boiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tough |
| Synonyms: | callous, firm, hard-line*, hard-nosed, headstrong, inflexible, obdurate, obstinate, rough, stern, strict, unbending, unfeeling, hard as nails, hard-shelled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hardhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, cruel |
| Synonyms: | callous, cold-blooded*, hard, hard-boiled*, heartless, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, stony, uncaring, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic, brutish, coldhearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, kind, nice, softhearted, warm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heartless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without feeling; cold |
| Synonyms: | brutal, callous, cold fish*, cold-blooded*, cold-hearted*, cruel, hard, hard-boiled*, harsh, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, savage, thick-skinned*, uncaring, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic, hard as nails, hard-hearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, considerate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic, warmhearted, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impassive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, cool |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, callous, cold, cold-blooded*, collected, composed, dispassionate, dry, emotionless, hardened, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, inexpressive, inscrutable, insensible, matter-of-fact, nonchalant, phlegmatic, placid, reserved, reticent, sedate, serene, spiritless, stoic, stolid, taciturn, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, wooden, indurated, inexcitable, insusceptible, passionless, poker-faced*, self-contained, stoical, unexcitable, unimpressible |
| Antonyms: | emotional, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, warm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inhuman/inhumane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animal, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, cannibalistic, cold-blooded, cruel, devilish, diabolical, fell, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, grim, hateful, heartless, implacable, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, truculent, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unsympathetic, vicious, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | animate, human/humane, sensate |
| Main Entry: | mechanical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done by machine; machinelike |
| Synonyms: | automated, automatic, cold, cursory, emotionless, fixed, habitual, impersonal, instinctive, involuntary, lifeless, matter-of-fact, monotonous, perfunctory, routine, spiritless, standardized, stereotyped, unchanging, unconscious, unfeeling, unthinking, useful, laborsaving, machine-driven, programmed |
| Antonyms: | by hand, conscious, feeling, manual |
| Main Entry: | merciless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, callous, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog*, fierce, gratuitous, grim, hard, hardhearted, harsh, hatchet job, implacable, inexorable, mortal, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, uncalled-for, unfeeling, unflinching, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, unyielding, wanton, compassionless, having a killer instinct, inhumane, iron-fisted, mean machine, unappeasable, unpitying |
| Antonyms: | giving, kind, merciful, nice, sparing, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonchalant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing, laid back |
| Synonyms: | airy, aloof, apathetic, blasé, calm, careless, casual, cold, collected, composed, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, effortless, happy, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, insouciant, lackadaisical, light, listless, loose, lukewarm, mellow, neglectful, negligent, neutral, offhand, placid, serene, smooth, trifling, uncaring, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, unflappable, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled, disimpassioned, incurious, unexcited, unimpressible |
| Antonyms: | intense, jumpy, nervous, unnerved |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadened, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, asleep, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, indifferent, insensate, insensible, lethargic, listless, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, unfeeling, uninterested, anesthetized, benumbed, immobilized, incurious, insentient, numbed, stuporous, uncurious |
| Antonyms: | lively, responsive, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | obdurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pigheaded, stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, callous, cold fish*, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hard-boiled*, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, iron*, mean, mulish*, obstinate, perverse, relentless, rigid, thick-skinned*, tough, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, unemotional, unfeeling, unrelenting, unshakable, unsympathetic, unyielding, bullhead, hanging tough, hard-hearted, indurate, set in stone, stiff-necked*, tough nut to crack, uncompassionate, unimpressible |
| Antonyms: | amenable, gentle, submissive, susceptible, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | phlegmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unemotional |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, cold, cool, deadpan, disinterested, dispassionate, dull, emotionless, flat, frigid, groggy, indifferent, lethargic, lifeless, listless, passive, sluggish, unfeeling, unresponsive, along for the ride, desensitized, passionless, uncompassionate, undemonstrative, unexcitable, uninvolved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regardless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, unconcerned |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, coarse, crude, deaf, delinquent, derelict, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, insensitive, lax, listless, mindless, neglectful, negligent, rash, reckless, remiss, rude, slack, unfeeling, unheeding, uninterested, unmindful, behindhand, disregarding, nonobservant |
| Antonyms: | attentive, concerned, heedful |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
| Synonyms: | adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog*, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, hard-hearted, ironfisted, rancorous, unappeasable, without pity |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stony |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, icy in appearance, response |
| Synonyms: | adamant, blank, callous, chilly, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, expressionless, firm, frigid, hard-boiled*, hardened, heartless, hostile, indifferent, inexorable, inflexible, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, rough, tough, unfeeling, unforgiving, unrelenting, unresponsive, unsympathetic, coldhearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | friendly, soft, warm, smiling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tactless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unthinking, careless |
| Synonyms: | awkward, boorish, brash, bungling, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gauche, gruff, harsh, hasty, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensitive, maladroit, misunderstanding, rash, rough, rude, sharp, stupid, thoughtless, uncivil, unfeeling, unkind, unpolished, unsympathetic, vulgar, blundering, unconsiderate, undiplomatic, unperceptive, unsubtle, untactful |
| Antonyms: | careful, discreet, tactful, thoughtful |
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