Main entry: kind
Definition: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
Usage: kind to sick patients; a kind master; kind words showing understanding and sympathy; thanked her for her kind letter
Antonyms: unkind
Definition: lacking kindness
Antonyms: ungracious
Definition: lacking charm and good taste
Antonyms: malign
Definition: evil or harmful in nature or influence
Antonyms: malignant
Definition: dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
Antonyms: unkindly
Definition: in an unkind manner or with unkindness
Antonyms: uncharitable
Definition: lacking love and generosity
Antonyms: unsympathetic
Definition: not sympathetic or disposed toward
Antonyms: unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable
Definition: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
Main entry: kind, tolerant
Definition: tolerant and forgiving under provocation
Usage: our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke
Antonyms: unforgiving
Definition: unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy
Main entry: kind, genial
Definition: agreeable, conducive to comfort
Usage: a dry climate kind to asthmatics; the genial sunshine; hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet
Antonyms: inhospitable
Definition: unfavorable to life or growth
Antonyms: inhospitable
Definition: not hospitable