unfeeling
/ʌn'fi:liɳ/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Devoid of feeling or sensation: Lacking physical sensation or awareness; insensate.
- Devoid of feeling for others: Lacking sympathy, compassion, or emotional sensitivity; callous and hard-hearted.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective:
- The doctor's unfeeling manner made the bad news even harder to bear. (Describes a person lacking compassion.)
- He stared with unfeeling eyes at the suffering of the animals. (Describes a gaze devoid of empathy.)
- The unfeeling stone bore no trace of the ancient carving. (Describes an inanimate object lacking sensation.)
Advanced Usage and Nuances
- "Unfeeling" as a Character Trait: Often used to describe a persistent, negative quality of a person's character, suggesting cruelty or indifference rather than a temporary state.
- History remembers him as an unfeeling tyrant.
- Literary/Descriptive Use: Can be applied poetically to inanimate objects or nature to emphasize their cold, impersonal quality.
- The unfeeling wind tore through the village.
Variants and Related Words
- Unfeelingly (adverb): In a manner that shows no sympathy or emotion.
- He unfeelingly dismissed their pleas for help.
- Unfeelingness (noun): The state or quality of being unfeeling.
- The unfeelingness of the bureaucracy was frustrating.
Synonyms
- Callous: Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
- Heartless: Displaying a complete lack of pity or warmth.
- Insensitive: Showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings.
- Cold-hearted: Lacking affection or warmth; unfeeling.
- Hard-hearted: Incapable of being moved to pity or tenderness.
Antonyms
- Compassionate: Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
- Sympathetic: Feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.
- Sensitive: Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences; also, having or showing sensitivity to others' feelings.
- Kind-hearted: Having a kind and sympathetic nature.
Idiomatic Expressions and Phrases
- "An unfeeling brute/wretch": A common collocation emphasizing a person's complete lack of humane qualities.
- Only an unfeeling brute could ignore such a desperate cry for help.
- "Cold and unfeeling": A reinforcing phrase often used together for emphasis.
- Her response was cold and unfeeling.
Adjective
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devoid of feeling or sensation
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unfeeling trees
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devoid of feeling for others
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an unfeeling wretch
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