KINDLESS Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

kindless

adjective

Definition of kindless

as in heartless

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Adjective

As if the force itself were a heartless heart.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
In contrast, Dessalines is typically described as violent, unthinking, emotional and heartless.

— Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

Definition of heartless

Adjective

Nilsson’s depiction of bodies past their prime conjures not the pitiless naturalism of Joan Semmel or Alice Neel, but something friskier, more delighted.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
As with the others, the pitiless treatment only ends when they’re slaughtered.

— Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 18 May 2026

Definition of pitiless

Adjective

Other scholars, however, downplay the book’s diablerie, viewing the Pequod’s captain instead as an admirably heroic overreacher or a latter-day Prometheus facing down the gods, fate, the uncaring universe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
This was not caused by an uncaring community, but by an overwhelming response delivered in a language and through customs different from those on full display at Latin Night.

— Rev. José Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026

Definition of uncaring

Adjective

Yet the very readiness with which the hard-hearted General Tilney believes this account suggests that he is used to reliable reports of other people’s wealth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
That makes perfect sense to all but the closed-minded or hard-hearted.

— Jim Newton, Mercury News, 27 June 2025

Definition of hard-hearted

Adjective

Readers can judge Jane and me, deciding that one of us was unfeeling or uncomprehending.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
As Micah so nicely puts it, there’s a narrative magnetism to Pitman’s repo encounters, many of which play out as micro-dramas of people in crisis confronting an embodied messenger of the great, unfeeling, deeply unfair American financial system.

— Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Definition of unfeeling

Adjective

Persistent wilting, widespread leaf drop, and brittle stems are signs your tomato plant is unlikely to recover.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 15 July 2026
Wilting when soil moisture seems adequate, browning brittle leaves, and stunted growth can all be signs of too much fertilizer.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026

Definition of brittle

Adjective

Backstage, Punk had a friendly, if not icy, exchange with Damian Priest.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
The Perseid meteor shower is finally active, bringing the potential for gorgeous shooting stars and fireballs as Earth plunges into the trail of debris shed by the icy comet Swift-Tuttle.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 July 2026

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