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compassionateness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of compassionateness

sympathetic concern for the well-being of others

the unfailing compassionateness of the staff at the hospice

Synonyms of compassionateness

beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, good-heartedness, humaneness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, softheartedness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, warmheartedness

Words Related to compassionateness

attentiveness, considerateness, thoughtfulness

affability, friendliness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness, warmth

graciousness, niceness, pleasantness

clemency, leniency, mercifulness

patience, tolerance, understanding

altruism, charitableness, charity

generosity, greatheartedness, magnanimity, philanthropy, unselfishness

Near Antonyms of compassionateness

mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness

inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness

hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, meanness, spitefulness, virulence, vitriol

Antonyms of compassionateness

barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, savageness, savagery, unfeelingness, unkindliness, unkindness

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