Synonyms for uncompassionate
- adjective
Most common
cold cruel hard-hearted ruthless relentless merciless inexorable unfeeling
All synonyms
Adjective
cold, cruel, hard-hearted, ruthless, relentless, merciless, inexorable, unfeeling, remorseless, insensitive, pitiless, unpitying, heartless, stony, inhuman, callous, unrelenting, inclement, unsympathetic, implacable, unmerciful, bowelless dated, unpitiful dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not compassionate.
Example sentences
- cold I don't mind the cold, but I can't stand the heat.
- cruel I think it is cruel to trap animals for fur coats.
- ruthless The gang is lead by a ruthless criminal called Tom.
- relentless The snow was flaky at first, then heavy and relentless.
- merciless The Vandals were known for their merciless brutality.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| uncompassionate | rising | |
| cold | rising | |
| cruel | rising | |
| ruthless | rising | |
| relentless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- cold1
- 5 letters
- cruel2, stony2
- 7 letters
- inhuman3, callous2
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, pitiless3
- 9 letters
- heartless2, merciless3, inclement3, unfeeling3, unpitying, bowelless, unpitiful
- 10 letters
- relentless3, inexorable5, implacable4, unmerciful4
- 11 letters
- insensitive4, unrelenting4, remorseless3
- 13 letters
- unsympathetic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).