Definition of unkindness in English:

unkindness

noun ʌnˈkʌɪndnəsˌənˈkaɪn(d)nəs

mass noun

1Inconsiderate and harsh behaviour.
she had had enough of her father's unkindness
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Meanness’ connotes not only the personal characteristics of spite, unkindness, or aggression, but also the social conditions of shabbiness and impoverishment.
- Cruelty to animals, deliberate unkindness, bullying smaller children: these were major crimes.
- In the face of your inconsideration or unkindness, I may experience pain, indignation, chagrin, shame, annoyance, bashfulness and more besides.
- Certainly, that notion is incompatible with cruelty and unkindness to one another.
- In apparently impossible circumstances, where nothing but harshness and unkindness prevail, two human beings make contact, or at least one reaches out a hand to another.
Synonyms
nastiness, unpleasantness, disagreeableness, cruelty, spite, malice, meanness, mean-spiritedness, viciousness, malevolence, uncharitableness
harshness, callousness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, unfeelingness, compassionlessness, shabbiness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, cold-heartedness, mercilessness, brutality, savagery, savageness, inhumanity
unfriendliness, inconsiderateness, insensitivity, ungenerousness, inhospitality, unkindliness, hostility
informal beastliness, bitchiness, cattiness
2rare count noun A flock of ravens.
an unkindness of ravens flew overhead
Example sentencesExamples
- A skull rests on the threshold as a reminder of the wages of sin, and, above, an unkindness of ravens presides.
- He positioned himself for the endgame, unleashing that Batman-esque unkindness of ravens which smashed into the square.
- The unkindness of ravens at the Tower of London is about to enjoy the kindness of taxpayers, in a move designed to improve the birds' accommodation.
- An unkindness of ravens circled him from above.
- Little Jakob was first excited to see an unkindness of ravens.

Definition of unkindness in US English:

unkindness

nounˌənˈkaɪn(d)nəsˌənˈkīn(d)nəs

Inconsiderate and harsh behavior.
she had had enough of her father's unkindness
Example sentencesExamples
- Certainly, that notion is incompatible with cruelty and unkindness to one another.
- ‘Meanness’ connotes not only the personal characteristics of spite, unkindness, or aggression, but also the social conditions of shabbiness and impoverishment.
- In the face of your inconsideration or unkindness, I may experience pain, indignation, chagrin, shame, annoyance, bashfulness and more besides.
- In apparently impossible circumstances, where nothing but harshness and unkindness prevail, two human beings make contact, or at least one reaches out a hand to another.
- Cruelty to animals, deliberate unkindness, bullying smaller children: these were major crimes.

词汇	unkindness
释义	Definition of unkindness in English: unkindness noun ʌnˈkʌɪndnəsˌənˈkaɪn(d)nəs mass noun 1Inconsiderate and harsh behaviour. she had had enough of her father's unkindness Example sentencesExamples ‘Meanness’ connotes not only the personal characteristics of spite, unkindness, or aggression, but also the social conditions of shabbiness and impoverishment. Cruelty to animals, deliberate unkindness, bullying smaller children: these were major crimes. In the face of your inconsideration or unkindness, I may experience pain, indignation, chagrin, shame, annoyance, bashfulness and more besides. Certainly, that notion is incompatible with cruelty and unkindness to one another. In apparently impossible circumstances, where nothing but harshness and unkindness prevail, two human beings make contact, or at least one reaches out a hand to another. Synonyms nastiness, unpleasantness, disagreeableness, cruelty, spite, malice, meanness, mean-spiritedness, viciousness, malevolence, uncharitableness harshness, callousness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, unfeelingness, compassionlessness, shabbiness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, cold-heartedness, mercilessness, brutality, savagery, savageness, inhumanity unfriendliness, inconsiderateness, insensitivity, ungenerousness, inhospitality, unkindliness, hostility informal beastliness, bitchiness, cattiness 2rare count noun A flock of ravens. an unkindness of ravens flew overhead Example sentencesExamples A skull rests on the threshold as a reminder of the wages of sin, and, above, an unkindness of ravens presides. He positioned himself for the endgame, unleashing that Batman-esque unkindness of ravens which smashed into the square. The unkindness of ravens at the Tower of London is about to enjoy the kindness of taxpayers, in a move designed to improve the birds' accommodation. An unkindness of ravens circled him from above. Little Jakob was first excited to see an unkindness of ravens. Definition of unkindness in US English: unkindness nounˌənˈkaɪn(d)nəsˌənˈkīn(d)nəs Inconsiderate and harsh behavior. she had had enough of her father's unkindness Example sentencesExamples Certainly, that notion is incompatible with cruelty and unkindness to one another. ‘Meanness’ connotes not only the personal characteristics of spite, unkindness, or aggression, but also the social conditions of shabbiness and impoverishment. In the face of your inconsideration or unkindness, I may experience pain, indignation, chagrin, shame, annoyance, bashfulness and more besides. In apparently impossible circumstances, where nothing but harshness and unkindness prevail, two human beings make contact, or at least one reaches out a hand to another. Cruelty to animals, deliberate unkindness, bullying smaller children: these were major crimes.
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