1. kindness
noun. ['ˈkaɪndnəs'] tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Synonyms
- forgivingness
- mercifulness
Antonyms
- dormant
- inactivity
- inactiveness
Etymology
- -ness (English)
- kind (English)
- cynde (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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How do you pronounce kindness?
Pronounce kindness as ˈkaɪndnəs.
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Example sentences of the word kindness
1. Noun, singular or mass
The thank you could be for an act of kindness.
Quotes containing the word kindness
1. Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu
2. Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
- Og Mandino
3. Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.
- Maira Kalman
2. loving-kindness
noun. tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection.
Antonyms
- thoughtlessness
3. kindness
noun. ['ˈkaɪndnəs'] a kind act.
Synonyms
- endearment
- action
- benefaction
- consideration
- favour
- benevolence
- pardon
- thoughtfulness
- benignity
- favor
- cupboard love
Antonyms
- sink
- source
- stabilisation
- stabilization
Etymology
- -ness (English)
- kind (English)
- cynde (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. kindness
noun. ['ˈkaɪndnəs'] the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic.
Synonyms
- good
- generosity
- unkind
- loving-kindness
- consideration
- generousness
- goodness
- kind
- thoughtfulness
- considerateness
Antonyms
- inconsideration
- unkindness
- evil
- evilness
- kind
- unkind
- stinginess
Etymology
- -ness (English)
- kind (English)
- cynde (Old English (ca. 450-1100))