unsympathetic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sympathetic English unsympathetic From un- + sympathetic.
Meanings
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Not sympathetic; ill-disposed
His tall, gaunt, stringy figure is insensible to fatigue, and his dry, half-sarcastic, and often wholly unsympathetic manner is uninfluenced by any change in his surroundings.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:After years of unsympathetic commercial use and dereliction, nothing of note remained inside, which accordingly has been reconfigured with modern amenities such as underfloor heating.
2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unsympathetic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unsympathetic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
hardened · grim · forbidding · unmoved · icy · dour · hard · stern · rockhearted · marble-hearted · flint-hearted · severe · rigorous · insensate · tough · humorless · thick-skinned · heartless · hardhearted · callous · strict · harsh · frosty · brutal · hardhanded · iron-hearted · stony · hard-boiled · unsympathetic · cold · cruel · harsh · stonehearted · cold-eyed · stonyhearted · cold · insensitive
Translations (22)
it antipatico (not sympathetic) · de mitleidslos (not sympathetic) · ur روکھا (not sympathetic) · pl nieczuły (not sympathetic) · el ασυμπαθής (not sympathetic) · is ógeðfelldur (not sympathetic) · ga antuisceanach (not sympathetic) · hi रूखा (not sympathetic) · fr antipathique (not sympathetic) · is óviðfelldinn (not sympathetic) · nb usympatisk (not sympathetic) · pl obojętny (not sympathetic) · da usympatisk (not sympathetic) · ja つれない (not sympathetic) · de teilnahmslos (not sympathetic) · sv osympatisk (not sympathetic) · is óviðkunnanlegur (not sympathetic) · scn lisciu (not sympathetic) · fi vastenmielinen (not sympathetic) · nn usympatisk (not sympathetic) · ga neamhchásmhar (not sympathetic) · el άπονος (not sympathetic)