unloving
adjective
uk/ˌʌnˈlʌv.ɪŋ/us/ˌʌnˈlʌv.ɪŋ/notshowinglovetowards someone:
Hegrewup in an unlovingfosterhomeafter hisparentsdiedin acarcrash.
Thechildrenwere alwaystryingtogaintheapprovaloftheirdistant, unlovingfather.
Opposite
loving
- It wasn't that he was unloving,ratherhis owndifficultchildhoodmade it hard for him toexpresshisemotions.
- Shefelttrappedin an unlovingrelationshipwith herpartner.
- At hislowestpoint, hedespairedat the unlovingworldin which helived.
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- anti-American
- anti-British
- cup
- cut
- deplore
- despise
- detest
- disdain
- disdainful
- mind
- non-fan
- not besomeone'scup of teaidiom
- not go much onsomethingidiom
- not have a civil word to say aboutsomeoneidiom
- not know whatsomeonesees insomeone/somethingidiom
- stand
- thing