Hostility
Kindness
Kindness noun - The capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune.
Usage example: out of the kindness of your heart, would you at least consider adopting this stray cat?
How words are described
| human | human hostility | human kindness |
| natural | natural hostility | natural kindness |
| initial | initial hostility | initial kindness |
| genuine | genuine hostility | genuine kindness |
| Other adjectives: sheer, open, overt, actual, real, constant, great, intense, little, innate, personal, incredible, general, apparent, growing, occasional, earlier, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In American Gods, Wednesday has a habit of grinning without a hint of amusement or kindness, and it doesn't take long before Shadow is reminded of chimpanzees baring their teeth to show hostility.
Source: Technically a Smile -
Would be a case of Revive Kills Zombie if it weren't for the fact that it explicitly states feeding on hostility and hostile emotions (and so the implication goes that it was your kindness that beat him, not the healing per se).
Source: Sheathe Your Sword
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