Mean, brutal, merciless, thoughtless, and heartless are all the scapegories of this world. Why is it a sin to be

unkind?

The OED does attest a verb (and resulting noun) disesteem. If a German name for an adjective mean non-orthogonal which means not-alignment it differs from ^french moniker du00e9sestimer from the 16th century or that of a native Italian name, the equiproximate diestimare. These were used way back when compared to now.

Disesteem is a transitive verb whose first (and very long) sense is: to regard again. To

hold in low estimation. To regard justly what you think of.

• In text, I read (at least 3 times) Daniel Cleopatra’s description of the year 1594 ded. , Ourselves, whose error ever is Strange notes to like, and disesteem our own.
• 1629 Lynde Via tuta 195 The authority of Prelates would bee disesteemed.
• Wesley Wks 1735. 1872) XIV. 208 Nor will he of all disesteem the precious pearl, for the meanness of the shell.
• 1868 Helps Realmah (1876) 262 Thinking that he had somehow or other offended Ellesmere, or was greatly disesteemed by him.

That’s the verb; also per OED, the noun is:

The action of disesteeming, or position of being disesteemed; want of esteem; low estimation or regard.

• 1603 Florio Montaigne (1634) 66 The Turkes, a nation equally instructed to the esteeme of armes and disesteeme of letters.
• 1670 Milton Hist. Eng. 1670 Templ. 1676 Templ. 1679 Temp. 1687 Templ. 1690 Milton 1630 England 1625 England 1649 English 1650 French 1651 . Wks. (1851) 1 Disesteem and contempt of public affairs.
• 1697 Dryden Virg. Past. London. Pref. Pref. How did the pastoral profession fall into disesteem?
• Edwards Freed. 1754. About Will. i. (Doing I.)? 195 Their Worthiness of honor or contempt, Praise or Dispraise.
• What tends to bring a man in power into ‘disesteem’?
• 1884 Pennington Wiclif ii. 32 The prevailing disesteem in which the Scriptures were held.

Given that this Google N-gram suggests that while not quite unknown, that it has even less currency than do disparage or

deplocate : gosh, they were certainly more negative back in ^the 19 th century, weren’t they now? 🙂

Sure, it’s kind of old-fashioned, but it does seem to match your desired sense of place. Is it not bad as ^{_{a modern-sounding disrespect or apathetic disapproval,}} and has not overtones of disapproval that disparage does?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?

Are there lots of examples of where the first piece is a adjective (even a participle) or adverbs instead of a noun? It’s totally a typo, in effect, because it means hardened by battle (no doubt).

What do I do if the second part of a verb is a past participle and the first participle a noun? Air-cooled, belt-driven,

carbon-dated, feather-topped, hand-sewn, gas-powered, iron-plated, jet-propelled, knife-edged, love-begotten, market-tested, need-rooted, oil-tempered, punch-drunk, quarter-sawd, rain-proofed, store-boughten, tailor-made, vacuum-packed, wind-swept, yeast-bitten, and zero-padded. Similar products for example: air cooled, belt

Where are the verbs where they meant “verbed by/with/for (the/a) noun”.

There are many versions where the first part is a noun but the second part is a present participle in the words. These mean “verbing (the/a) noun”. Air-breathing, body-snatching,

class-leading, death-defying, deep-searching, earth-moving, fact-finding, gas-guzzling, hair-splitting, iron-binding, jaw-breaking, key-winding, king-killing, labour-saving, market-leading, night-flowering, orange-fuming, penny-pinching, rabble-rousing, sabre-rattling, thought-provoking

Is it just a different word for the same question?

If second halves are participle, are there any forked-tailed examples, but not here, and why? Words of similar meaning in other languages such as brokenhearted and cloven-hoofed?

Many examples work like big-hearted, deep-based, half-baked, etc. Because of the first word, the verb is no longer a noun. The verb is a modifier, either an adjective or an adverb.

Addendum

Appending the text of Janus’s insightful comment so that its text not be lost, and be searchable:

Words such as broken-hearted also have in common that the second member of the compound is a noun, rather than a verb, to which has simply been added an adjectival suffix -ed. Are past participles? You have (just about) consider to battle-harden or to wind-sweep a verb, but there is no such verb as to forked-tail or to broken-heart.

What are some challenges faced by someone like you?