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unfeeling

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without emotion or sympathy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

devoid of feeling or sensation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unfeeling trees

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

devoid of feeling for others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unfeeling wretch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hardhearted, stonyhearted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English feeling English unfeeling From un- + feeling.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безчувствен (bezčuvstven) — without emotion or sympathy
  • Finnish: tunteeton — without emotion or sympathy
  • German: gefühllos — without emotion or sympathy
  • German: herzlos — without emotion or sympathy
  • Greek: αδιάφορος (adiáforos) — without emotion or sympathy
  • Greek: άπονος (áponos) — without emotion or sympathy
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπαθής (apathḗs) — without emotion or sympathy
  • Hindi: भावहीन (bhāvhīn) — without emotion or sympathy
  • Hungarian: érzéketlen — without emotion or sympathy
  • Hungarian: lelketlen — without emotion or sympathy
  • Hungarian: szívtelen — without emotion or sympathy
  • Romanian: insensibil — without emotion or sympathy
  • Romanian: nepăsător — without emotion or sympathy
  • Russian: бесчу́вственный (besčúvstvennyj) — without emotion or sympathy
  • Russian: бессерде́чный (besserdéčnyj) — without emotion or sympathy
  • Spanish: insensible — without emotion or sympathy
  • Spanish: inconmovible — without emotion or sympathy
  • Spanish: impasible — without emotion or sympathy
  • Spanish: desalmado — without emotion or sympathy
  • Turkish: duygusuz — without emotion or sympathy