Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
kindred; unnatural. [Obs.]
``Such unkind abominations.''
--Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most
unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T.
Elyot.
-- Un*kind"ly, adv. -- Un*kind"ness, n.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |