English Explanatory Dictionary

heartless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
  2. Without a physical heart.
  3. Listless, unenthusiastic.
  4. Without courage; fearful, cowardly.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑːt.lɪs/ /ˈhɑɹt.lɪs/ en-us-heartless.ogg

Word forms

heartless more heartless most heartless

Etymology

From Middle English hertles, herteles, from Old English heortlēas (“without courage; listless”), equivalent to heart + -less. Cognate with German herzlos.

Synonyms

cold-hearted uncordial brutal callous cold cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted heartless harsh humorless icy iron-hearted insensate insensitive marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted severe stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved acardiac spiritless unhearty spineless gutless backboneless base bitch-ass boneless caitiff candy-assed chicken chicken-hearted chicken-livered chickenshit courageless cowardish cowardly cowardy cowhearted cowish craven cravenhearted cringey dastard

Antonyms

hearty heartful cordial adiaphroistic apathetic apathistical blasé blithe deaf cool shiftless dispassionate dull enervated gallionic halfhearted heartless impassive ineffervescible insouciant indifferent insensible jaded languid languorous Laodicean lethargic listless lackadaisical lotophagous lukewarm meh mopey nonchalant nonplussed otiose phlegmatic pococurante spiritless supine tepid torpid torpedinous unaroused uncaring unconcerned unenthusiastic unimpressible uninterested unlively unmoved untouched unzealous world-weary dauntless

Derived words

heartlessly heartlessness
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