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KINDNESS Antonyms

There are 14 antonyms of the word kindness. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For KINDNESS

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unkindness
nounn
noun

• lack of sympathy

aggression
nounn
noun

• a disposition to behave aggressively

• a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

• the act of initiating hostilities

• deliberately unfriendly behavior

brutality
nounn
noun

• the trait of extreme cruelty

• a brutal barbarous savage act

callousness
nounn
noun

• devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

cruelty
nounn
noun

• a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

disdain
noun

• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

• a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

verb

• look down on with disdain

• reject with contempt

harshness
nounn
noun

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• excessive sternness

hostility
nounn
noun

• a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the feeling of a hostile person

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

indifference
nounn
noun

• unbiased impartial unconcern

• apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

• the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

• the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

malevolence
nounn
noun

• wishing evil to others

• the quality of threatening evil

malice
nounn
noun

• feeling a need to see others suffer

• the quality of threatening evil

meanness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being deliberately mean

• extreme stinginess

nastiness
nounn
noun

• a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

• malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

• the quality of being highly unpleasant

ruthlessness
nounn
noun

• mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

Alternatives for UNKINDNESS

Alternatives for AGGRESSION

Alternatives for BRUTALITY

Alternatives for CALLOUSNESS

Alternatives for CRUELTY

Alternatives for DISDAIN

Alternatives for HARSHNESS

Alternatives for HOSTILITY

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