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词汇 unkind
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Definition of unkind in English:

unkind

adjective ʌnˈkʌɪndˌənˈkaɪnd
  • Inconsiderate and harsh to others.

    不仁慈的;不和蔼的;不体贴的;苛刻的

    you were terribly unkind to her

    你对她太不友好了。

    he was the butt of some unkind jokes

    他成了刻薄玩笑的对象。

    it was unkind of her to criticize

    她这样批评是不友好的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would be unkind to force you to speak of your torment twice.
    • Perhaps it would be gratuitously unkind to compare the intellects and depth of the two presidents.
    • He was unkind to Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, while devoting a whole essay to the adroit but decidedly lesser The Hidden Fortress.
    • Rapid agricultural development has been unkind to the land.
    • Farmers are always getting the blame for being unkind to the Environment, where in the majority of cases, the farmers are blameless.
    • It is cruel and unkind to go through them yet again.
    • This minister and this government have never sought to be unfair or unkind to the teaching profession.
    • In the meantime, they were not unkind to him, and their greatest offense was his captivity.
    • Television is brutal and unkind to yesterday's rock stars.
    • Heck, you might even be as unkind to note that the work is a tad dated.
    • Australians are trained to dread invasion and yet cannot stomach being unkind to any stranger.
    • Once again we find that nature is unkind to simplistic formulations.
    • My husband's family has been unkind to me in the past and I want them to know I will not put up with this hurtful behavior anymore.
    • The indifferent look on my face is only there because people like you are being unkind to me and I can't fight back.
    • When someone insults us or does something unkind to us, an internal formation is created in our consciousness.
    • Rounding up, Salih stressed that it would be foolish and unkind to turn down laurels bestowed by those who appreciated your work.
    • The policy of the ostrich prevails - though saying that that is probably unkind to ostriches.
    • She had never been one to argue back or be unkind to anyone.
    • You call me in to see, and I explain that it would be unkind to leave it there: it might crawl to the floor; we must take care that no one squashes it.
    • So far fate has been very unkind to the four of them.
    Synonyms
    uncharitable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, mean-spirited, cruel, vicious, spiteful, malicious, malevolent, harsh, callous, pitiless, ruthless, unsympathetic, unfeeling, compassionless, uncaring, snide, shabby, hurtful, wounding, upsetting, ill-natured, hard-hearted, heartless, cold-hearted, merciless, brutal, savage, inhuman
    unfriendly, unamiable, uncivil, inconsiderate, insensitive, ungenerous, inhospitable, unkindly, hostile
    informal beastly, bitchy, catty

Derivatives

  • unkindly

  • adverb ʌnˈkʌɪndliˌənˈkaɪn(d)li
    • She bore him three children - then found him gradually moving emotionally away from her, not unkindly, but with a cruel determination.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘They're good musicians,’ she says, not unkindly.
      • Even possible allies may view the hostile takeover unkindly.
      • Thank you for staying my hand when I was tempted to pen a nasty review of someone who'd written unkindly about my books.
      • I entered a hazy phase where I was ‘holding court’ a little using the continuous, free-association form of discourse that my wife unkindly refers to as wittering.

Definition of unkind in US English:

unkind

adjectiveˌənˈkīndˌənˈkaɪnd
  • Inconsiderate and harsh to others.

    不仁慈的;不和蔼的;不体贴的;苛刻的

    you were terribly unkind to her

    你对她太不友好了。

    he was the butt of some unkind jokes

    他成了刻薄玩笑的对象。

    it was unkind of her to criticize

    她这样批评是不友好的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This minister and this government have never sought to be unfair or unkind to the teaching profession.
    • Perhaps it would be gratuitously unkind to compare the intellects and depth of the two presidents.
    • Rounding up, Salih stressed that it would be foolish and unkind to turn down laurels bestowed by those who appreciated your work.
    • In the meantime, they were not unkind to him, and their greatest offense was his captivity.
    • He was unkind to Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, while devoting a whole essay to the adroit but decidedly lesser The Hidden Fortress.
    • The indifferent look on my face is only there because people like you are being unkind to me and I can't fight back.
    • So far fate has been very unkind to the four of them.
    • Once again we find that nature is unkind to simplistic formulations.
    • It would be unkind to force you to speak of your torment twice.
    • Rapid agricultural development has been unkind to the land.
    • You call me in to see, and I explain that it would be unkind to leave it there: it might crawl to the floor; we must take care that no one squashes it.
    • My husband's family has been unkind to me in the past and I want them to know I will not put up with this hurtful behavior anymore.
    • The policy of the ostrich prevails - though saying that that is probably unkind to ostriches.
    • Heck, you might even be as unkind to note that the work is a tad dated.
    • Australians are trained to dread invasion and yet cannot stomach being unkind to any stranger.
    • When someone insults us or does something unkind to us, an internal formation is created in our consciousness.
    • Television is brutal and unkind to yesterday's rock stars.
    • She had never been one to argue back or be unkind to anyone.
    • Farmers are always getting the blame for being unkind to the Environment, where in the majority of cases, the farmers are blameless.
    • It is cruel and unkind to go through them yet again.
    Synonyms
    uncharitable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, mean-spirited, cruel, vicious, spiteful, malicious, malevolent, harsh, callous, pitiless, ruthless, unsympathetic, unfeeling, compassionless, uncaring, snide, shabby, hurtful, wounding, upsetting, ill-natured, hard-hearted, heartless, cold-hearted, merciless, brutal, savage, inhuman
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