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unkindness

NOUN

acrimony

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animosity antagonism belligerence bitterness ill feeling ill will rancor

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acerbity antipathy asperity astringency crankiness harshness irascibility malevolence malice peevishness rudeness sarcasm spite tartness virulence

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churlishness mordancy

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good will love

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benevolence kindness liking mildness sympathy

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civility courtesy diplomacy flattery politeness sweetness

NOUN

cruelty

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barbarism barbarity inhumanity malice persecution savagery torture

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animality bestiality bloodthirstiness callousness coarseness coldness depravity despotism ferocity fierceness heartlessness insensibility insensitiveness malignity masochism mercilessness murderousness rancor ruthlessness sadism savageness severity spite spitefulness truculence unfeelingness venom viciousness wickedness

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brutishness fiendishness hard-heartedness

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kindness

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love

WEAK

charity compassion consideration feeling gentility mercy niceness thoughtfulness

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hardness

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sharpness

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness harshness rigidity rigor rigorousness sternness strictness stringency toughness

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gentility kindness mildness

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meanness

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avarice greed malice

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abjection baseness beastliness closeness corruptness covetousness debasement degeneracy degradation disrepute frugality infamy iniquity lowness malignity miserliness parsimony pettiness rapacity shamelessness sordidness stinginess unscrupulousness unworthiness wickedness

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churlishness contemptibleness ill temper knavishness smallmindedness

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benevolence generosity

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goodness honor morality virtue

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nobility worthiness

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rigidity

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harshness rigor

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness hardness rigorousness sharpness sternness strictness stringency toughness

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gentility kindness mildness

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rigorousness

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness hardness harshness rigidity rigor sharpness sternness strictness stringency toughness

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gentility kindness mildness

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rudeness

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disrespect

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acrimony asperity audacity barbarity bluntness boldness boorishness brass cheek coarseness crudeness crudity discourtesy disdain effrontery grossness harshness impertinence impudence incivility insolence intrusiveness irritability misbehavior nerve officiousness shamelessness sharpness tactlessness ungraciousness vulgarity

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bad manners unmannerliness

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carefulness caution courtesy fear humility kindness manners meekness modesty politeness respect shyness timidity

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good manners

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savagery

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barbarism barbarity brutality depravity ferocity inhumanity malice persecution ruthlessness severity viciousness

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animality bestiality bloodthirstiness callousness coarseness coldness despotism fierceness heartlessness insensibility insensitiveness malignity masochism mercilessness murderousness rancor sadism savageness spite spitefulness torture truculence truculency unfeelingness venom wickedness

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brutishness fiendishness hard-heartedness

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STRONGEST

kindness

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love

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severity

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harshness

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness hardness rigor sharpness sternness strictness

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gentility kindness mildness

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pity softness

NOUN

sternness

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness hardness harshness rigidity rigor rigorousness sharpness strictness stringency toughness

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gentility kindness mildness

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strictness

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness hardness harshness rigidity rigor rigorousness sharpness sternness stringency toughness

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gentility kindness mildness

NOUN

stringency

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness hardness harshness rigidity rigor rigorousness sharpness sternness strictness toughness

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gentility kindness mildness

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toughness

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sharpness

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acerbity austerity cruelty grimness hardheartedness hardness harshness rigidity rigor rigorousness sternness strictness stringency

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gentility kindness mildness

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truculence

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animality barbarism barbarity bestiality bloodthirstiness brutality callousness coarseness coldness depravity despotism ferocity fierceness heartlessness inhumanity insensibility insensitiveness malice malignity masochism mercilessness murderousness persecution rancor ruthlessness sadism savageness savagery severity spite spitefulness torture truculency unfeelingness venom viciousness wickedness

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brutishness fiendishness hard-heartedness

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kindness love sympathy

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truculency

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brutishness fiendishness hard-heartedness

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kindness love sympathy

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unpleasantness

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animosity antagonism

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hostility

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agreement friendliness kindness pleasantness sweetness

Example Sentences

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The hog jokes are, actually, very funny, but more impressive is the indifference he’s maintained around unkindness from internet strangers.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

Lynn, son of former Chargers coach Anthony Lynn, has Bruins defensive personnel on the field and the sideline constantly cackling and crowing like, well, an unkindness of ravens.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

We’ve entered a land whose population has been ground down by unkindness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

So yeah, his politics were pretty far on the right wing, but there was no unkindness in him.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022

She had been giving kindness, and he had returned it with unkindness.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

unkindness

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