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unfeeling adjective [ ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ ]

• unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.
• "my mother is a cold, unfeeling woman"
Similar: uncaring, unsympathetic, unemotional, unfriendly, uncharitable, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, with a heart of stone, heartless, hard, harsh, austere, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, callous, cruel, severe, pitiless, ruthless, unforgiving, unpitying, inhumane, brutal, sadistic, inhuman, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, thick-skinned,
Opposite: sympathetic, compassionate,
• lacking physical sensation or sensitivity.
• "he lowered his numb, unfeeling body into a seat and closed his eyes"
Origin: late Old English unfēlende ‘insensible’ (see un-1, feeling).


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