English Explanatory Dictionary

hardhearted

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

Word forms

hardhearted more hardhearted harderhearted most hardhearted hardesthearted hard-hearted

Etymology

From hard + hearted.

Synonyms

flint-hearted iron-hearted stonehearted brutal callous cold cold-eyed cruel dour forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted heartless harsh humorless icy insensate insensitive marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted severe stern stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved

Antonyms

softhearted

Related words

hardheaded heart of stone

Derived words

hardheartedly hardheartedness
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