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Antonyms for unsympathetic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sim-puh-thet-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɪm pəˈθɛt ɪk



Definition of unsympathetic

Origin :
  • 1823, from un- (1) "not" + sympathetic.
  • adj without agreement in feeling
Example sentences :
  • It was awkward that his own people were all of them so unsympathetic about the children.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • And this unsympathetic Sir Terence did not explain them to you?
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • “You can search me,” said Reid, in his careless, unsympathetic way.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • And Charlie, with a sigh, looked around at the unsympathetic and hurrying throng.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
  • Your nation is one always in rebellion against its unsympathetic governess.
  • Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • I should have thought I was the last person to be unsympathetic to—to aspirations of that kind.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • I gathered from Whibley that it disliked me, thinking that I was unsympathetic.
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The complaint was unjust; I was not unsympathetic, at least not at the commencement.
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Yet we may find them harsh, unsympathetic, unkind, objectionable.
  • Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • The stony, unsympathetic Nora O'Malley agrees with me at last.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower

Synonyms for unsympathetic

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