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kindliness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of kindliness

1 kindly concern, interest, or support

  • was touched by the kindliness of his neighbors, who voluntarily took care of his dog while he was in the hospital
Synonyms of kindliness

amity, benevolence, brotherhood, charity, cordiality, cordialness, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, gemütlichkeit, good-fellowship, goodwill, neighborliness
Words Related to kindliness

bonhomie, camaraderie, collegiality, community, companionship, company, comradeship

civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport, rapprochement

charity, generosity

affinity, communion, empathy, kindness, sympathy, tolerance

altruism, philanthropy, selflessness, unselfishness
Near Antonyms of kindliness

disfavor, intolerance

animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, incivility, malice, rancor

belligerency, quarrelsomeness, querulousness
Antonyms of kindliness

ill will, malevolence, venom

2 the capacity for feeling for anotherʼs unhappiness or misfortune

  • as a result of her kindliness, several poor families have the makings for a Thanksgiving feast
Synonyms of kindliness

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

feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity

affection, love, regard

affinity, empathy, rapport

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

callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern

cruelty, harshness

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

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

3 sympathetic concern for the well-being of others

  • an elderly couple of modest means but infinite kindliness
Synonyms of kindliness

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

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 kindliness

mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness

inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness

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

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

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