Antonyms for kindest


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kahynd
Phonetic Transcription : kaɪnd


Definition of kindest

Origin :
  • "class, sort, variety," from Old English gecynd "kind, nature, race," related to cynn "family" (see kin), from Proto-Germanic *gakundjaz "family, race" (see kind (adj.)). Ælfric's rendition of "the Book of Genesis" into Old English came out gecyndboc. The prefix disappeared 1150-1250. No exact cognates beyond English, but it corresponds to adjective endings such as Goth -kunds, Old High German -kund. Also in English as a suffix (mankind, etc.). Other earlier, now obsolete, senses in English included "character, quality derived from birth" and "manner or way natural or proper to anyone." Use in phrase a kind of (1590s) led to colloquial extension as adverb (1804) in phrases such as kind of stupid ("a kind of stupid (person)").
  • adj generous, good
Example sentences :
  • The kindest attentions of the warmest friendship were awaiting him at Naples.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • He felt, just then, that it was the kindest thing he could do.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Seems to me they are the softest and bluest and kindest in the world.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • The red-nosed daughters also administered the kindest comfort.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • My very best and kindest compliments to her, and to all the children.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • For under all her radical talk Sue had the kindest heart in the world.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • He is the kindest of men, the most generous, the dearest in the whole world.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • When she was kindest to me it was only a different way of serving herself.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • He was the kindest gardener that ever lived, I think, and I have seen a good many.
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • My sister has put you in a false position, and it is kindest to tell you so.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Synonyms for kindest

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