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Unkind

Having no race or kindred; childless.

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Cutting 84% connected

of Cut

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Cutting 84% connected

of Cut

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Edged 84% connected

of Edge

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Edged 84% connected

of Edge

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Harsh 84% connected

Rough; disagreeable; grating

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Harsh 84% connected

Rough; disagreeable; grating

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Hurtful 84% connected

Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.

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Hurtful 84% connected

Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.

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Rough 84% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Rough 84% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Stinging 84% connected

of Sting

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Stinging 84% connected

of Sting

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Unkindly 84% connected

Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

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Unkindly 84% connected

Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

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Attribute 2

Kindness 66% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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Kindness 66% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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See also 6

Malign 66% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Malign 66% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Merciless 66% connected

Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.

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Merciless 66% connected

Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.

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Unmerciful 66% connected

Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.

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Unmerciful 66% connected

Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.

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Synonym 1

Pitiless 92% connected

Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Kind 94% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Kind 94% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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