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cold-hearted

[ kohld-hahr-tid ]

adjective

  1. lacking sympathy or feeling; indifferent; unkind.


cold-hearted

adjective

  1. lacking in feeling or warmth; unkind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDZ-ˈ𲹰ٱԱ, noun
  • ˌDZ-ˈ𲹰ٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • DZh𲹰Ļ· adjective
  • DZ-𲹰Ļ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cold-hearted1

First recorded in 1600–10
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Madera described Sardinha’s death as “cold-hearted murder” and pointed to the voicemail she left in her last moments.

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“Dead Outlaw” evokes at moments the droll perversity of “Sweeney Todd,” the cold-hearted glee of “Assassins” and the Brechtian skewering of “Road Show” — Sondheim musicals that fly in the face of conventional musical theater wisdom.

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He cited headlines about her critiques of women in media, including CNN host Kaitlan Collins, whom Kelly had called “extremely boring with no personality” and a “cold-hearted b***h.”

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"Andrew Walker was a cold-hearted killer who set out to rob in the certain knowledge that to escape he would have to kill his three comrades in arms," said Mr Wood.

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"I suspect he was involved in some pretty brutal stuff in Northern Ireland because what he did was a cold-hearted execution."

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