unfeeling

adjective (unfeeling)

«unfeeling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Not kind; not caring about other people's feelings or pain; hard-hearted. tree →
(rare) Not able to feel anything physically, numb. tree →

In the lessons

Used in stories to describe cruel or cold characters: an unfeeling stepmother. Alice finds some Wonderland creatures unfeeling, such as the Queen who orders heads cut off. In The Wind in the Willows Toad calls the people who lock him up unfeeling. Values lessons: the opposite of empathy.

Examples

The unfeeling giant laughed at the crying child. tree →
«How unfeeling of you!» cried Alice. tree →
It was unfeeling to laugh at her fall. tree →
The Queen was cold and unfeeling. tree →
Toad complained that the world was unfeeling. tree →
His fingers were unfeeling with cold. tree →

Note

Un- = not. Similar: heartless, cold, callous. Opposite: kind, caring, sympathetic.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «unfeeling» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«unfeeling» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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