unkindness

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being unkind.
2. (countable) An unkind act.
3. (countable) The collective noun for ravens

Synonyms

cruelty

asperity

mercilessness

pitilessness

sternness

unfriendliness

deviltry

disaffection

discourtesy

hardheartedness

hard-heartedness

harshness

heartlessness

hostility

ill-treatment

impoliteness

inhumanity

malevolence

maliciousness

malignance

meanness

spleen

nastiness

stinger

severity

sharpness

cruelness

bitchiness

curtness

cut

Translations

insensibilità

Unfreundlichkeit

αστοργία

Lieblosigkeit

dureza

scortesia

έλλειψη αβρότητος

έλλειψη καλωσύνης

αγένεια

inclemenza

gemeenheid

crueldade

grosseria

القسوة

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: unkindenes

In summary

From Middle English unkindenes; equivalent to unkind + -ness.