have no sympathy

Lack all compassion

To have no sympathy is to feel unmoved by someone's misfortune, often because you believe they brought it on themselves or don't deserve compassion: I have no sympathy for drunk drivers who get arrested.

The phrase implies a deliberate withholding of pity rather than mere indifference.

Related

indifference · neglecting · callousness · cold-heartedness · heart of stone · unfeelingness · remorselessness · cruelty · insensitivity · inhumanity · rejecting · serves you right · cry me a river · ruthlessness · zero tolerance · hard-heartedness · pitilessness · no mercy

Opposites
emotional responsiveness to others' suffering

have no sympathysympathize

Share another's feelings

empathize · commiserate · feel for · feel sorry for · ache for

moral-emotional engagement

have no sympathyshow mercy

Treat with leniency

take pity · have a heart · reach out · lend support · stand with

interpersonal stance toward those in difficulty

have no sympathyshow mercy

Treat with leniency

comfort · console · stand by · rally around · be there for

Family

have, having, hath, sympathy, sympathies, sympathetic, sympathetically, sympathize, sympathized

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G