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UNSYMPATHETIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
Example:
a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him
Synonyms:
disagreeable; unsympathetic
Classified under:
Similar:
incompatible; uncongenial (not suitable to your tastes or needs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in sympathy and kindness
Example:
unkindly ancts
Synonyms:
unkindly; unsympathetic
Classified under:
Similar:
unkind (lacking kindness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not having an open mind
Example:
a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas
Synonyms:
closed; unsympathetic
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unreceptive (not receptive)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not sympathetic or disposed toward
Example:
his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unsympathising; unsympathizing (not showing or expressing sympathy)
Also:
uncompassionate (lacking compassion or feeling for others)
incompatible; uncongenial (not suitable to your tastes or needs)
unresponsive (not responding to some influence or stimulus)
Antonym:
sympathetic (expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
Example:
all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic
Synonyms:
unappealing; unlikable; unlikeable; unsympathetic
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)
Antonym:
sympathetic ((of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings)
