unfeeling
Americanadjective
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not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
- Synonyms:
- numb
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unsympathetic; callous.
an intelligent but unfeeling man.
- Synonyms:
- hardhearted
- Antonyms:
- sympathetic
adjective
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without sympathy; callous
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without physical feeling or sensation
Synonym Usage
See hard.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unfeeling
before 1000; Middle English; Old English unfelende. See un- 1, feel, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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Unfeeling grown-ups pulled her down, made her change her dress.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You have no regard, then, for the honour and credit of my nephew! Unfeeling, selfish girl! Do you not consider that a connection with you must disgrace him in the eyes of everybody?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Unfeeling Mar," cried she, bursting into tears, "thus to echo the words of the barbarian Kirkpatrick; thus to condemn us to die!
From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane
From Him— ... we roam unconscious, or with hearts Unfeeling of our universal Sire, and the greatest thing we can achieve, "our noon-tide majesty," is— to know ourselves Parts and proportions of one wonderous whole!
From Mysticism in English Literature by Spurgeon, Caroline F. E.
Unfeeling, un-fē′ling, adj. without feeling: without kind feelings: hard-hearted.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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