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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesméchant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mey-shahn
"Il a été un peu méchant avec son petit frère."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Causing unhappiness or pain; lacking sympathy, consideration, or gentleness.
"It was rather unkind of him to make fun of her new hairstyle." - 2
Harsh or severe in behavior or attitude toward someone.
"She felt that the criticism directed at her work was unnecessarily unkind."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English un- (meaning not) combined with gecynde (meaning native, natural, or kindly), shifting over centuries from meaning unnatural to denoting a lack of sympathy, affection, or benevolence toward others.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unkind" is said worldwide
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méchant
Transliteration: mey-shahn
"Il a été un peu méchant avec son petit frère."
unkindlich
Transliteration: un-kynd-lish
"Es war unfreundlich von ihm, das zu sagen."
scortese
Transliteration: skor-te-ze
"È stato un commento piuttosto scortese."
antipático
Transliteration: an-ti-pa-ti-ko
"Fue un poco grosero con los invitados."
maldoso
Transliteration: mal-do-zu
"Foi um comentário maldoso sem necessidade."
निर्लज्ज
Transliteration: nirdai
"उसका व्यवहार दूसरों के प्रति बहुत निर्दयी था।"
不善良的
Transliteration: bù shàn liáng de
"说这样的话对她很不友好。"
불친절한
Transliteration: bul-chin-jeol-han
"그의 말은 조금 불친절했습니다."
不親切な
Transliteration: fu-shin-setsu-na
"そんな意地悪なことを言うべきではない。"
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