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kindheartedness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of kindheartedness

1 sympathetic concern for the well-being of others

  • through the kindheartedness of a local veterinarian, the stray cat's broken leg was mended without charge
Synonyms of kindheartedness

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

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 kindheartedness

mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness

inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness

hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, meanness, spitefulness, virulence, vitriol
Antonyms of kindheartedness

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

2 the capacity for feeling for anotherʼs unhappiness or misfortune

  • her natural kindheartedness is one reason why she's thinking about becoming a medical missionary
Synonyms of kindheartedness

bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, heart, humanity, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, warmheartedness
Words Related to kindheartedness

feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity

affection, love, regard

affinity, empathy, rapport

altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropy
Near Antonyms of kindheartedness

callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern

cruelty, harshness

animosity, antipathy, dislike, hatred, hostility
Antonyms of kindheartedness

coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness

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