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单词 unfeeling
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Definition of unfeeling in English:

unfeeling

adjectiveʌnˈfiːlɪŋˌənˈfilɪŋ
  • 1Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.

    my mother is a cold, unfeeling woman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The picture writes its own sad story - who could be so unfeeling, cruel and sad as to abandon this litter of seven cute little puppies?
    • People around thought he was cruel, unfeeling, hard-hearted.
    • They had been harsh and unfeeling toward the poor.
    • But still, for me, the death sentence is too cold-blooded, too unfeeling.
    • The staff were very cold and unfeeling (I expected no less).
    • To equate these unfeeling and uncaring power mongers with American Republicanism is using the wrong approach.
    • And yet, despite the fact that Californian winters differed dramatically from those snowy months in Winnipeg, he still felt cold, unfeeling, uncaring.
    • Given this reality, it is no surprise that reviewers must seem, at times, to be unfeeling sadists who squeeze their salaries directly out of the crushed egos of young novelists.
    • The government is totally uncaring and unfeeling.
    • More than likely their communication was very poor, but for the authorities to maintain that they were not seeking asylum and send them to Indonesia was callous and unfeeling.
    • I don't understand how people can be so cruel and unfeeling as to create havoc and distress in another person's life based on nothing but innuendos and rumors.
    • If you're anything like me, you've spent a great deal of time wondering what the world was like through the eyes of a cold and unfeeling pet dog.
    • Could anybody be so unfeeling, cold-blooded, unmerciful and cruel I hear you ask?
    • Something hard had filled me, something cold, and unfeeling.
    • Are we becoming an uncaring and unfeeling society?
    • I don't mean to sound callous or unfeeling, and I can appreciate that the parents themselves are full of joy, but I just can't summon up any ersatz enthusiasm for other people's children.
    • Having been outed as an adulterer and a cold and unfeeling husband, Charles' reputation was at a low ebb and steps were taken to mount a media counter-offensive.
    • The elderly of this city need and deserve peace and contentment, not the discontent and uncertainty being forced on them by heartless and unfeeling councillors.
    • The converse is also true; strong judgment without loving kindness is harsh and unfeeling.
    • He was cold, heartless and unfeeling but he was right.
    Synonyms
    uncaring, unsympathetic, unemotional, unfriendly, uncharitable
    hard-hearted, stony-hearted, with a heart of stone, heartless, hard, harsh, austere, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, callous, cruel, severe, pitiless, ruthless, unforgiving, unpitying, inhumane, brutal, sadistic, inhuman
    informal hard-boiled, hard-nosed, thick-skinned
  • 2Lacking physical sensation or sensitivity.

    无同情心的;无情的;无感觉的

    he lowered his numb, unfeeling body into a seat and closed his eyes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pain dulled his senses, making him an empty, unfeeling shell marching along the rough terrain.
    • Worn over her unfeeling body, the suit gave the thirty-something Casey the strength of twenty men, and made her almost impervious to harm as well as giving her certain enhanced sensory abilities.

Derivatives

  • unfeelingly

  • adverbʌnˈfiːlɪŋliˌənˈfilɪŋli
    • Many are the times I have wandered down the streets of this fair city and witnessed deranged clowns unfeelingly pushing their greasy wares down the necks of protesting and luckless, innocent passers-by.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An elderly woman religious who probably spent her life serving others is unfeelingly described as the ‘decrepit Sister Catherine.’
      • ‘No, get out of my way,’ she responded unfeelingly.
      • Fanny silently condemns him: ‘Never happier than when behaving so dishonorably and unfeelingly!’
      • The redhead folded his arms and frowned unfeelingly.
  • unfeelingness

  • nounʌnˈfiːlɪŋnəsˌənˈfilɪŋnəs
    • In short, when the heart is hard, there will be a general unfeelingness toward God.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Both are, at the same time, forms of survival and protest against everyday insanity, and thus a means of combating the unfeelingness and incapacity for communication of modern life.
      • A special little book, an antidote to the stress, fury and unfeelingness of many people's hurried, everyday lives.
      • The plot depends upon the unfeelingness of the English upper classes of the 1930s.
      • And, contempt is also the cause of all coldness, unfeelingness; the cruelty one person can inflict on another.

Origin

Late Old English unfēlende 'insensible' (see un-1, feeling).

Definition of unfeeling in US English:

unfeeling

adjectiveˌənˈfilɪŋˌənˈfēliNG
  • 1Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The picture writes its own sad story - who could be so unfeeling, cruel and sad as to abandon this litter of seven cute little puppies?
    • To equate these unfeeling and uncaring power mongers with American Republicanism is using the wrong approach.
    • The elderly of this city need and deserve peace and contentment, not the discontent and uncertainty being forced on them by heartless and unfeeling councillors.
    • The government is totally uncaring and unfeeling.
    • Something hard had filled me, something cold, and unfeeling.
    • The staff were very cold and unfeeling (I expected no less).
    • Could anybody be so unfeeling, cold-blooded, unmerciful and cruel I hear you ask?
    • I don't understand how people can be so cruel and unfeeling as to create havoc and distress in another person's life based on nothing but innuendos and rumors.
    • If you're anything like me, you've spent a great deal of time wondering what the world was like through the eyes of a cold and unfeeling pet dog.
    • People around thought he was cruel, unfeeling, hard-hearted.
    • Given this reality, it is no surprise that reviewers must seem, at times, to be unfeeling sadists who squeeze their salaries directly out of the crushed egos of young novelists.
    • He was cold, heartless and unfeeling but he was right.
    • And yet, despite the fact that Californian winters differed dramatically from those snowy months in Winnipeg, he still felt cold, unfeeling, uncaring.
    • I don't mean to sound callous or unfeeling, and I can appreciate that the parents themselves are full of joy, but I just can't summon up any ersatz enthusiasm for other people's children.
    • Having been outed as an adulterer and a cold and unfeeling husband, Charles' reputation was at a low ebb and steps were taken to mount a media counter-offensive.
    • Are we becoming an uncaring and unfeeling society?
    • But still, for me, the death sentence is too cold-blooded, too unfeeling.
    • The converse is also true; strong judgment without loving kindness is harsh and unfeeling.
    • More than likely their communication was very poor, but for the authorities to maintain that they were not seeking asylum and send them to Indonesia was callous and unfeeling.
    • They had been harsh and unfeeling toward the poor.
    Synonyms
    uncaring, unsympathetic, unemotional, unfriendly, uncharitable
    1. 1.1 Lacking physical sensation or sensitivity.
      无同情心的;无情的;无感觉的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The pain dulled his senses, making him an empty, unfeeling shell marching along the rough terrain.
      • Worn over her unfeeling body, the suit gave the thirty-something Casey the strength of twenty men, and made her almost impervious to harm as well as giving her certain enhanced sensory abilities.

Origin

Late Old English unfēlende ‘insensible’ (see un-, feeling).

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