单词 | unkind-hearted |
释义 | unkind-heartedadj. Having an unkind nature; cold-hearted, unsympathetic. Often in negative constructions. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adjective] unmildeOE unmeekc1175 unkindc1325 dure1412 roughc1415 foula1500 harsh1579 untender1608 unsoftened1645 kindless1659 unkind-hearted1760 uncannya1774 unkindly1787 unbeneficent1822 bad-blooded1842 half-hearted1864 brash1868 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adjective] unmildeOE unmeekc1175 unkind1340 ungentle1509 untender1608 kindless1659 unkind-hearted1760 unkindly1787 unbeneficent1822 half-hearted1864 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. x. 42 He was not an unkind-hearted man, and every case was more pressing..than the last. 1827 Standard 5 Nov. Mrs. Davenport, as the scolding but not unkind-hearted wife of the neatherd. 1896 Mid-Surrey Times 16 May 3/7 How unkindhearted you are. Surely you must be touched by their repentance. 1913 Truth (Sydney) 17 Aug. 6/6 This unkind-hearted fellow, by taking advantage of his opportunity, levies extra rent on his shopkeeping tenants. 2008 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 5 Mar. 1 b The unkind-hearted few who criticized her for coming to Mandan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1760 |
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