unsoftenedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsɒfnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsɔfənd/, /ˌənˈsɑfənd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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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 > harshness or severity > [adjective] > rigidly or relentlessly
grima1000
steely1508
unbowable1537
inexorable1553
unrelenting1590
unrelentless1606
rigid1610
implacable1611
unrelentable1611
unsoftened1645
unconniving1671
ramrod1850
unexcusing1853
unsoftening1857
tough1905
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > not soft or softened
unsoftc1275
unmollified1587
unsoftened1855
1645 H. Hammond Of Death-bed Repent. 29 When the hard heart is unsoftned, unhumbled.
a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 121 Impatient of Delay, and unsoftned by all these Applications.
1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 352 The unsoftened and unflattered character of Achilles.
1802 Noble Wanderers II. 143 The multitude of his sins were unsoftened by a single charity.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 76 The same primitive rock..is still durable and unsoftened.
1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 July in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 295 Scenery..with very hard outlines, which are unsoftened almost by any foliage.
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