| Main Entry: | unkind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not nice |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, brutal, cold-blooded, coldhearted, cruel, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, heartless, inconsiderate, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mean, nasty, sadistic, savage, spiteful, thoughtless, uncaring, uncharitable, unfeeling, unfriendly, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
considerate, friendly, giving, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | bloodless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, cold, coldhearted, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, passionless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind |
Antonyms: |
caring, feeling, sensitive |
| 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: | cruel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vicious, pitiless; causing pain |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, rancorous, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked |
Antonyms: |
charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, ruthless |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, angry, antagonistic, austere, bitter, bleak, brutal, callous, cold, cold fish, cold-blooded, dark, disagreeable, distressing, dour, exacting, grievous, grim, hard as nails, hard-boiled, harsh, hostile, inclement, intemperate, intolerable, obdurate, painful, perverse, pitiless, rancorous, resentful, rigorous, rugged, severe, stern, strict, stringent, stubborn, thick-skinned, tough, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, unpleasant, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, vengeful |
Antonyms: |
merciful, mild, nice, pleasant, sensitive, 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: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, abusive |
Synonyms: |
austere, bitter, brutal, comfortless, cruel, cussed, discourteous, dour, grim, gruff, hairy*, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, hard-shell, mean, pitiless, punitive, relentless, rude, ruthless, severe, sharp, stern, stringent, tough, uncivil, unfeeling, ungracious, unkind, unpleasant, unrelenting, wicked |
Antonyms: |
courteous, kind, nice, polite |
| 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: | horrible/horrendous/horrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repulsive, very unpleasant |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, heinous, hideous, loathsome, lousy, lurid, mean, nasty, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, revolting, scandalous, scary, shameful, shocking, terrible, terrifying, ungodly, unholy, unkind |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, delightful, magnificent, pleasant, pleasing, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | hostile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, mean |
Synonyms: |
adverse, alien, allergic, anti*, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, disapproving, dour, hateful, ill-disposed, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, oppugnant, ornery*, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike |
| Notes: | a hostel is inexpensive supervised lodging, while hostile means characterized by enmity or ill will or very unfriendly or antagonistic |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, friendly, gentle, kind, nice, welcoming |