uncompassionate
Cold toward suffering
Uncompassionate describes someone who lacks sympathy or concern for others' suffering.
The word is straightforward negation of compassionate, though less common than alternatives like *unfeeling* or *cold*: an uncompassionate response to the homeless crisis.
It suggests not just absence of warmth but active indifference to pain or hardship.
Lacking pity or mercy
- hardheartedLacking sympathy or pity
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
stony · flinty · cold-hearted · stonyhearted · hardened · thick-skinned · obdurate · indurate
Lacking emotional concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
disinterested · unmoved · impassive · dispassionate · nonchalant · phlegmatic · unresponsive · stolid
Lacking any compassion
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- unsparingShowing no leniency
remorseless · relentless · unrelenting · implacable · unforgiving · vindictive · punishing · harsh
Unaware of others' emotions
- uncharitableHarshly critical, ungracious
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
- thoughtlessShowing no consideration
- unkindLacking sympathy or consideration
unsupportive · unhelpful · ungenerous · unmerciful · intolerant · judgmental · dismissive · unsentimental
heartless
Lacking pity or mercy
- hardheartedLacking sympathy or pity
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- pitilessLacking any compassion
merciless · stony · flinty · cold-hearted · stonyhearted · hardened · thick-skinned · obdurate · indurate · unmoved
uncaring
Lacking emotional concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
aloof · disinterested · unmoved · impassive · dispassionate · nonchalant · phlegmatic · unresponsive · stolid · removed
ruthless
Lacking any compassion
unsparing · remorseless · relentless · unrelenting · implacable · unforgiving · vindictive · punishing · harsh · severe
insensitive
Unaware of others' emotions
- uncharitableHarshly critical, ungracious
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
- thoughtlessShowing no consideration
unkind · unsupportive · unhelpful · ungenerous · unmerciful · intolerant · judgmental · dismissive · unsentimental · unromantic
- cold-heartedcallous, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel
uncompassionatecompassionate
Showing concern for sufferers
kindhearted · caring · tenderhearted · humane · empathetic