Antonyms for compassionate
kəmˈpæʃ ə nɪt; -ˌneɪtcom·pas·sion·ate

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. compassionateadjective

   Synonyms:
   ruthful

2. compassionateadjective

   having, feeling of showing compassion; sympathetic

   Synonyms:
   ruthful

3. compassionateadjective

   given to someone because of a domestic emergency, especially in the phrase compassionate leave

   Synonyms:
   ruthful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. compassionate

   Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.

   See synonyms for BARBAROUS.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, forgiving, gentle, gracious, human, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.8 / 4 votes

1. compassionateverb

   showing or having compassion

   "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

   Antonyms:
   uncompassionate, hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling

2. feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize withverb

   share the suffering of

   Antonyms:
   hardhearted, uncompassionate, stonyhearted, unfeeling

   Synonyms:
   condole with, feel for, sympathize with, pity

How to use compassionate in a sentence?

1. Stephanie Corbin:

   He was a gentleman beyond anything, he was just so humble and kind. Anyone could’ve given us a ride, but … he was just so compassionate. He just went above and beyond.

2. Amit Ray:

   Yoga is not killing the mind or making it dead, dull or Stoney, but yoga is making the mind divine, compassionate and deeply peaceful, so that it can overcome the challenges of life easily and can merge with the Infinity effortlessly.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   I hadn't looked at that lately. I'll have to. We've always dealt with that in a compassionate way and I assume we will again.

4. Charlie Crist:

   Karla Hernández-Mats wasn't just Karla Hernández-Mats, Karla Hernández-Mats was a teacher of special needs children. American Federation of Teachers's American Federation of Teachers, american Federation of Teachers's a heart, caring, loving, empathetic, compassionate -- American Federation of Teachers's what we don't have in the governor's office right now.

5. An HHS official:

   It is not a war on drugs, this is trying to help people get through this, and, in a compassionate way, acknowledging the enormous number of people in underserved populations that have not been able to access services.

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