TENDERHEARTED Antonyms

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• not responsive to physical stimuli

• deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• devoid of feeling for others

• devoid of feeling or sensation

• lacking kindness

• deficient in humane and kindly feelings

• not sympathetic or disposed toward

• (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

• not having an open mind

• lacking in sympathy and kindness

• not agreeing with your tastes or expectations