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But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers.
Preston Brooks

Meaning of "unkindness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNKINDNESS

unkindness  [ʌnˈkaɪndnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNKINDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unkindness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNKINDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unkindness in the English dictionary

The first definition of unkindness in the dictionary is the quality of lacking kindness; cruelty. Other definition of unkindness is the quality of being unpleasant. Unkindness is also the quality of being worse than is deserved.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNKINDNESS


awkwardness
ˈɔːkwədnɪs
blandness
ˈblændnɪs
blindness
ˈblaɪndnɪs
boldness
ˈbəʊldnɪs
fondness
ˈfɒndnɪs
goodness
ˈɡʊdnɪs
hardness
ˈhɑːdnɪs
kindness
ˈkaɪndnɪs
loudness
ˈlaʊdnɪs
madness
ˈmædnɪs
preparedness
prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs
profoundness
prəˈfaʊndnɪs
redness
ˈrɛdnɪs
roundness
ˈraʊndnɪs
sadness
ˈsædnɪs
sand-blindness
ˈsændˌblaɪndnɪs
soundness
ˈsaʊndnɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
weirdness
ˈwɪədnɪs
wickedness
ˈwɪkɪdnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNKINDNESS

unkenned
unkennel
unkennelled
unkennelling
unkent
unkept
unkind
unkindled
unkindliness
unkindly
unking
unkinglike
unkingly
unkink
unkiss
unkissed
unknelled
unknight
unknightliness
unknightly

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNKINDNESS

boundedness
business
centeredness
coldness
color blindness
connectedness
frowardness
giftedness
gladness
grandness
indebtedness
light-headedness
mindedness
nakedness
narrow-mindedness
night blindness
oddness
relatedness
rootedness
straightforwardness
stupidness

Synonyms and antonyms of unkindness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNKINDNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unkindness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unkindness

Translation of «unkindness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNKINDNESS

Find out the translation of unkindness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unkindness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unkindness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falta de amabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

unkindness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unkindness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القسوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

недоброжелательность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indelicadeza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্দয়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méchanceté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak baik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unfreundlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不親切
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불친절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unkindness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ác,
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அன்பற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अत्याचार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şefkatsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scortesia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuprzejmość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недоброзичливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

răutate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγένεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvriendelikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unkindness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unkindness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unkindness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNKINDNESS»

The term «unkindness» is regularly used and occupies the 72.743 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNKINDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unkindness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unkindness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unkindness

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5 QUOTES WITH «UNKINDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unkindness.
1
Preston Brooks
But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers.
2
Nelson DeMille
If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.
3
Nimrat Kaur
I am a pretty emotional person. Any act of kindness or unkindness moves me. When I see a romantic couple sitting by the beach, it moves me. I don't break down or crack under pressure, but I am just sensitive.
4
Walter Savage Landor
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
5
Patrick White
I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNKINDNESS»

Discover the use of unkindness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unkindness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Unkindness Of Ravens: (A Wexford Case)
The thirteenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.
Ruth Rendell, 2010
2
The Unkindness of Ravens
Another weekend at Grammy's, another weekend of Rufus using his magic totem to transform himself into Bigfoot Boy!
J. Torres, 2013
3
Unkindness of Ravens
Sam Perry moves to Palm Springs seeking a new start and the chance to explore her latent sexuality.
Kathleen Tracy, 2006
4
An Unkindness of Ravens: Poems
Gin. She came to sex as she'd come to gin. Five years in the convent, what did she know about gin? Sister Emmanuel said the Devil himself was suckled on it, and after her third drink in the Red Kilt she knew he was inside her like a crazed ...
Meg Kearney, 2001
5
Danny Sellers: An Unkindness Of Ravens
DANNY SELLERS: An Unkindness of Ravens picks up where the first novel, Danny Sellers: The Early Case left off.
Mykel D. Myles, 2012
6
Computers and English Language Learning
It was the unkindness of the teachers that was responsible for Jim's dislike of school. It was the cruelty of the teachers that was responsible for Jim's dislike of school. It was the teachers' unkindness that was responsible for Jim's dislike of ...
John Higgins, 1995
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Words that Count: Essays on Early Modern Authorship in Honor ...
Kind. and. Unkindness: Aaron. in. Titus. Andronicus. Brian Boyd After wrestling a slippery problem into what you take to be submission, the last thing you want to hear is that you have been tackling the wrong task and need to start all over ...
Brian Boyd, MacDonald Pairman Jackson, 2004
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An Unkindness of Ravens
Over a century after being turned into a vampire, Anna is just trying to live her death with as much simplicity as possible.
Roxanne C. Michaud, 2009
9
An Unkindness of Ravens
In a time of struggle between the Vikings and the Saxons, Branwen, a young Saxon lady, tries to discover the secret of her magic powers
Dee Morrison Meaney, 1983
10
The Unkindness of Raven
When Brad Stevens and Lee White see the UFO on the ground from their vantage point on Goanna Hill, they are at first excited.
Brad Nefdt, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNKINDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unkindness is used in the context of the following news items.
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To hell with unkindness
SOMETIMES you hear a story that makes you shake your head and lament the future of the human race. Like this one. Not too long ago, a young mother noticed ... «Perth Now, May 15»
2
The Unkindness of Ravens
Our local unkindness (a group of ravens is termed an unkindness) has watched from the trees across the highway. On every journey back to the house I've ... «Boise Weekly, Mar 15»
3
Book review: An Unkindness of Ravens: A Book of Collective Nouns …
... and some were named after the personalities they were believed to possess, such as an unkindness of ravens, a busyness of ferrets or a skulk of foxes. «Blackpool Gazette, Sep 14»
4
Chipotle Cups Will Now Feature Stories by Jonathan Safran Foer …
How does it make you feel to know that it's an “unkindness of ravens”? __*Two-Minute Seduction. By Toni Morrison*__. I took my heart out and gave it to a writer ... «Vanity Fair, May 14»
5
The Oilsands-Inspired Creation that Looms in Washington
Winnipeg-born sculptor Mia Feuer calls her bitumen-inspired creation "An Unkindness," after a gathering of ravens. She says that artists have a duty to respond ... «TheTyee.ca, Jan 14»
6
Ice skating at the Corcoran? Yep, at Mia Feuer's 'An Unkindness'
It's a piece called "Rink," a part of sculptor Mia Feuer's solo show about the global oil industry, "An Unkindness," and it's one of the most ambitions "NOW" ... «Washington Post, Nov 13»
7
Contests & Free Stuff
But “An Unkindness,” Feuer's first museum show and one of the boldest contemporary-art exhibits the Corcoran has ever mounted, is a proclamation. For the first ... «Washington City Paper, Oct 13»
8
Work and Income stoops to new low in unkindness
OPINION: Earlier this week the Associate Minister for Social Development, Chester Borrows, announced a new category of beneficiary. From Monday, October ... «Taranaki Daily News, Oct 13»
9
In the abandoned human school, ravens were learning to read
Squawking bellows from off stage. an unkindness of a dozen ravens swoop in and land on the binders. Another load squawk and the lights go dark. Instinctively ... «io9, Sep 13»
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The unkindness of strangers
EIGHTY years ago Lu Xun, now enshrined as the father of modern Chinese literature, observed that when others needed help his countrymen seemed to be ... «The Economist, Jul 13»

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