Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfeeling

/ənfˈilɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: un-feel-ing
IPA: /ənfˈilɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without emotion or sympathy.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English feeling English unfeeling From un- + feeling.

Inflected Forms

more unfeeling (comparative) most unfeeling (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfeelingly unfeelingness

Synonyms

emotionless stony uncaring alexithymic hardhearted stonyhearted

Antonyms

sympathetic

Rhymes With

feeling dealing healing stealing ceiling revealing appealing sealing kneeling peeling wheeling concealing

Questions

How do you pronounce unfeeling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənfˈilɪŋ/.
What does unfeeling mean?: Without emotion or sympathy.
Where does unfeeling come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English feeling English unfeeling From un- + feeling.

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