Benignity and Heartlessness

Opposite meaning words

Benignity noun - Sympathetic concern for the well-being of others.

Usage example: a doctor who extends to all of her patients, both rich and poor, the same measure of gentle benignity

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Heartlessness is an antonym for benignity.

Nearby Words: benign, benignly

Heartlessness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: the gung ho heartlessness with which the secret police tortured prisoners was beyond belief

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Benignity is an antonym for heartlessness.

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Heartlessness and Benignity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/benignity/heartlessness

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