ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unsympathetic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unsympathetic is an adjective meaning Not sympathetic; ill-disposed.

Meaning

Not sympathetic; ill-disposed.

Example Sentences

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.
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.

Synonyms for unsympathetic

Depending on context, synonyms include cold, harsh, brutal, callous, cold-eyed, cruel.

Antonyms for unsympathetic

Common opposites include sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unreceptive, unappealing, unsympathizing, unlikeable, uncongenial, unkind.

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