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heartless

[hahrt-lis]

adjective

  1. unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel.

    heartless words; a heartless ruler.

  2. Archaic.lacking courage or enthusiasm; spiritless; disheartened.



heartless

/ ˈɑːٱɪ /

adjective

  1. unkind or cruel; hard-hearted

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Other Word Forms

  • heartlessly adverb
  • heartlessness noun
  • ˈ𲹰ٱ adverb
  • ˈ𲹰ٱԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heartless1

1300–50; Middle English herteles, Old English ǰٱŧ. See heart, -less
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Example Sentences

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If the government decides to cut the welfare budget in the Spending Review, that would be "absolutely heartless", she says.

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Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.

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"Citizens are being pauperized left, right and centre, why does the citizenry of this country deserve so uncaring & heartless a leadership?"

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The finale should run you through a pack of handkerchiefs, unless you are some sort of heartless monster.

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Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.

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