kindless

adjective

Definition of kindlessnext
as in heartless

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  1. heartless
  2. pitiless
  3. uncaring
  4. hard-hearted
  5. unfeeling
  6. coldhearted
  7. brittle
  8. icy
Adjective
  • Instead, we’re meant to be caught up in the world of Sergei’s backstory: his heartless gangster father (played, with a thick Russian accent, by Russell Crowe, who still knows how to own a scene), his mother’s suicide, his protective relationship with his soft kid brother Dmitri (Fred Hechinger).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Neither Helen or Sam are heartless agents, both are dealing with respective love and loss stories, and Helen’s mission is more about revenge than obeying the law and the letter of the orders she’s being given.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of heartless
Adjective
  • But rather than dilute the scare factor, the humor makes the sense of doom only more pitiless and Orlok’s plans for Ellen more spine-chilling.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
  • From a spring celebration of bare survival after pitiless hardships, Thanksgiving has evolved to its present proportions, with a football game in every stadium and millions of family parties, starting with fruit cocktail and concluding with fruit, cheese, coffee, cordial and cigars.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of pitiless
Adjective
  • And wearing a smile while delivering bad news, such as budget cuts or layoffs, makes a leader appear uncaring and out of touch.
    Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The risk, of course, is that the North Koreans will learn what those Russian marines learned recently: that their commanders are cruel, ignorant or both—and that following stupid orders from uncaring officers is bad for your health.
    David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of uncaring
Adjective
  • The hard-hearted treatment of men is on full display throughout Cecot.
    David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In the face of such terror, even hard-hearted Sam has to crumble.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
Definition of hard-hearted
Adjective
  • The author renders the four-year-old Margaret’s inner life with sensitive complexity, depicting an alert child logic that defies adults’ view of her as slow and unfeeling.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
  • That’s because for decades, reptiles have been characterized as cold, unfeeling, and even primitive creatures.
    Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
Definition of unfeeling
Adjective
  • Cephus ducks the Vietnam draft and does time in prison, then reluctantly skips town and heads north, to the coldhearted streets of New York.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
  • Harbottle also risks a ferret with her coldhearted approach of making customers pay for goods and services.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
Definition of coldhearted
Adjective
  • If your hair is dry, brittle, or dull, use this to bring back that luster and bounce.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
  • For four weekends through Dec. 22, attendees can walk through the Square lined with vendors offering five golden rings (and permanent jewelry), Blitzen’s BBQ, Christmas tamales, or even bacon brittle if figgy pudding isn’t your thing.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of brittle
Adjective
  • Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Dec. 2024
  • White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.
    Christopher Cann, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of icy
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