unkind
[adjective]
Synonyms: cruel, harsh, malicious, mean, nasty, spiteful, uncharitable, unfeeling, unfriendly, unsympathetic

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English Thesaurus: unkind, mean, nasty, hurtful, spiteful, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

un‧kind /ˌʌnˈkaɪnd◂/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: kind ≠ unkind, kindly; noun: kindness ≠ unkindness; adverb: kindly ≠ unkindly]
nasty, unpleasant, or cruel:
A lot of unkind things were said.
unkind to
Her husband is very unkind to her.
—unkindly adverb
—unkindness noun [uncountable]

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In everyday English, people usually say mean, nasty, or horrible rather than unkind:
The other kids were really mean to me.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

unkind treating people in a way that makes them unhappy or upset. Unkind sounds rather formal. In everyday English, people usually say mean or nasty:
Children can be very unkind to each other.
a rather unkind remark
mean especially spoken unkind:
Don’t be mean to your sister!
It was a mean thing to do.
nasty deliberately unkind, and seeming to enjoy making people unhappy:
He said some really nasty things before he left.
a nasty man
hurtful unkind – used about remarks and actions:
Joe couldn’t forget the hurtful things she had said.
Couples sometimes do hurtful things to each other.
spiteful deliberately unkind to someone because you are jealous of them or angry with them:
The other women were spiteful to her, and gave her the hardest work to do.
She watched them with spiteful glee (=pleasure).
malicious deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset, hurt, or cause problems for someone:
Someone had been spreading malicious rumours about him.
There was a malicious smile on her face.
an act of malicious vandalism
The accusations are malicious.
unsympathetic not seeming to care about someone’s problems, and not trying to help them or make them feel better:
Her parents were very unsympathetic, and told her that she deserved to fail her exam.
an unsympathetic boss
hard-hearted very unsympathetic and not caring at all about other people’s feelings:
Was he hard-hearted enough to leave his son in jail overnight?
a hard-hearted businessman
horrible especially spoken very unkind:
Why is Jack always so horrible to me?
cruel very unkind and deliberately making people feel unhappy or making them suffer physically:
Her father was very cruel to her.
a selfish, cruel woman
wicked /ˈwɪkəd, ˈwɪkɪd/ extremely unkind and behaving in a very immoral way:
a wicked thing to do
the wicked stepmother in Cinderella
sadistic extremely unkind and enjoying making other people suffer:
Their father was a sadistic bully who beat them regularly.
He took a certain sadistic pleasure in his job.
thoughtless/inconsiderate not thinking about the effects of your actions on other people:
It was inconsiderate of him not to say that he would be late.
a thoughtless disregard for other people’s feelings
tactless someone who is tactless carelessly says or does things that are likely to upset someone, without realizing what they are doing:
How could you be so tactless?
a tactless question
insensitive behaving in a way that is likely to upset someone, or not seeming to care about someone’s feelings. Insensitive is rather a formal word:
The article is insensitive to the family and friends of the victim.
He later admitted that some of his remarks were ‘insensitive’.

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