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Cruel or callous in one's treatment of others

Inconsiderate or insensitive, lacking in tact

Designed, or tending, to mock or be derisive

Harsh, difficult to endure or tolerate

Generally causing distress, anguish or anxiety

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

(of a person, action, or motive) Making decisions based solely on one's own self-interest or personal profit

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Adjective

Cruel or callous in one's treatment of others

uncompassionate

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

with a heart of stone

confrontational

lacking compassion

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

ill-humoured^UK

evil-intentioned

unimpressionable

uncommiserating

without sentiment

self-centered^US

unsportsmanlike

self-centred^UK

as hard as nails

on a short fuse

killer instinct

uncomplimentary

passive-aggressive

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“He closed his eyes wearily and, like a man rescued from unkind captors, pleaded with Salisu to let him talk.”

Adjective

Inconsiderate or insensitive, lacking in tact

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

speaking as one finds

calling a spade a spade

beyond the pale

unsophisticated

socially unsure

socially awkward

lacking in social graces

not afraid to call a spade a spade

raised in a barn

raised by wolves

low-down-and-dirty

not beating about the bush

not mincing one's words

pulling no punches

straight from the shoulder

speaking one's mind

politically incorrect

uncomplimentary

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“She felt remorseful for saying such unkind words to him, and she knew she had hurt his feelings.”

Adjective

Designed, or tending, to mock or be derisive

evil-intentioned

accidentally on purpose

dripping with malice

out for revenge

uncomplimentary

tongue-in-cheek

full of contempt

extremely critical

rubbing the wrong way

quietly humorous

high and mighty

on your high horse

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“An unkind review of her poems so affected her that she was confined to her bed for several days.”

Adjective

Harsh, difficult to endure or tolerate

confrontational

ill-humoured^UK

rubbing the wrong way

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“It is less than appealing to be exposed to such unkind weather, but it would seem my infinite curiosity refuses to allow me respite from both that and the elements.”

Adjective

Generally causing distress, anguish or anxiety

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

poverty-stricken

uncomplimentary

full of hardship

ill-favoured^UK

looking on the black side

life-threatening

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“Nor would his tender heart allow him to repeat the unkind news he had obtained through Chloe.”

Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

misrepresentative

uncomplimentary

scandalmongering

unsubstantiated

full of contempt

unfavourable^UK

dishonouring^UK

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Adjective

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

ill-humoured^UK

uncomplimentary

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Adjective

(of a person, action, or motive) Making decisions based solely on one's own self-interest or personal profit

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

looking after number one

out for what one can get

wrapped up in oneself

self-interested

self-preoccupied

self-infatuated

individualistic

stuck on oneself

full of yourself

looking out for number one

having a swelled head

wrapped up with oneself

self-sufficient

in love with oneself

in love with yourself

fortune-hunting

out for what you can get

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