The opposite meaning of the word kind

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. kind

   Amiable combines the senses of lovable or lovely and loving; the amiable character has ready affection and kindliness for others, with the qualities that are adapted to win their love; amiable is a higher and stronger word than good-natured or agreeable. Lovely is often applied to externals; as, a lovely face. Amiable denotes a disposition desirous to cheer, please, and make happy. A selfish man of the world may have the art to be agreeable; a handsome, brilliant, and witty person may be charming or even attractive, while by no means amiable. The engaging, winning, and winsome add to amiability something of beauty, accomplishments, and grace. The benignant are calmly kind, as from a height and a distance. Kind, good-natured people may be coarse and rude, and so fail to be agreeable or pleasing; the really amiable are likely to avoid such faults by their earnest desire to please. The good-natured have an easy disposition to get along comfortably with every one in all circumstances. A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

   Antonyms:
   acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, cruel, crusty, disagreeable, dogged, gruff, hateful, ill-conditioned, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, morose, sour, sullen, surly, unamiable, unlovely

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, amiable, attractive, benignant, engaging, gentle, good-natured, harming, lovable, lovely, loving, pleasant, pleasing, sweet, winning, winsome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   style, character, description, designation, denomination, genus, species, sort, class, nature, set, breed

2. kindadjective

   Antonyms:
   unkind, harsh, severe, cruel, hard, illiberal

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benign, tender, indulgent, humane, clement, lenient, compassionate, gentle, good, gracious, forbearing, kind-hearted

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. kind, sort, form, varietyadjective

   a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

   «sculpture is a form of art»; «what kinds of desserts are there?»

   Antonyms:
   unkindly, unsympathetic, harsh, stinging, rough, hurtful, unforgiving, unkind, edged, inhospitable, cutting

   Synonyms:
   course, figure, flesh, frame, shape, conformation, sort, chassis, physical body, multifariousness, potpourri, soma, assortment, diverseness, human body, contour, grade, sorting, cast, form, mannikin, mannequin, physique, phase, word form, change, configuration, class, variant, motley, variety show, pattern, bod, miscellany, signifier, smorgasbord, miscellanea, descriptor, salmagundi, manikin, variety, strain, anatomy, mixture, mixed bag, var., diversity, material body, manakin, build

2. kindadjective

   having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

   «kind to sick patients»; «a kind master»; «kind words showing understanding and sympathy»; «thanked her for her kind letter»

   Antonyms:
   inhospitable, unforgiving, harsh, edged, cutting, unkind, unkindly, rough, hurtful, stinging, unsympathetic

   Synonyms:
   tolerant, genial

3. kind, genialadjective

   agreeable, conducive to comfort

   «a dry climate kind to asthmatics»; «the genial sunshine»;»hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet»

   Antonyms:
   edged, unkindly, cutting, unsympathetic, inhospitable, unforgiving, hurtful, unkind, rough, harsh, stinging

   Synonyms:
   tolerant, mental, genial, cordial, affable, amiable

4. kind, tolerantadjective

   tolerant and forgiving under provocation

   «our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke»

   Antonyms:
   hurtful, unsympathetic, unkindly, stinging, inhospitable, unforgiving, edged, harsh, rough, cutting, unkind

   Synonyms:
   large-minded, resistant, broad, patient of, liberal, tolerant, genial

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1. kindadjective

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, compassionate, merciful, lenient, clement, benignant, gracious, benevolent, kind-hearted, forbearing, benign, beneficent, humane, obliging

2. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   variety, genus, species, strain, breed, nature, genre, sort, style, character, description, kidney

How to use kind in a sentence?

1. Adam Schiff:

   This is, I think, the result of a president who is not prepared for these kind of negotiations, a staff that is not well-prepared and that is essentially flying by the seat of its pants, and it has real-world consequences, those reactors continue to spin on, producing more material that can threaten us and our allies.

2. Helen Stokes-Lampard:

   It has the potential to help some patients work out what kind of care they need before considering whether to seek face-to-face medical help, especially for minor ailments that rarely need a GP appointment, but we must be careful not to create a ‘digital divide’ between those patients who can afford it and are able to use it, and those who can’t.

3. Val Pascucci:

   He comes in, gets his swings in early. He’s been consistent with it, that’s kind of the name of the game, finding a spot where he’s comfortable in the hitting zone. He’s been repeating that swing pretty well right now. To see him a year later with the improvements he’s made in his swing, that’s a tough thing to do, catch up all those years.

4. Adam Anders:

   We are going to see music of all types of all genres, but kind of presented like a film score— just happening right before your eyes and ears. It’s going to help tell this story and there are movements to it and the music, even though it’s so different they tie together in a really great way. You’re going to go on a journey is the best way I think to say it. i think this show is for non-believers; it’s the greatest story ever told.

5. Tom Glavine:

   Like so many families in the school community, we signed up to bring a meal to the family one night, and kind of help out and try to do our part so to speak.

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