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heartless
[hahrt-lis]
adjective
unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel.
heartless words; a heartless ruler.
Archaic.lacking courage or enthusiasm; spiritless; disheartened.
heartless
/ ˈɑːٱɪ /
adjective
unkind or cruel; hard-hearted
Other Word Forms
- heartlessly adverb
- heartlessness noun
- ˈٱ adverb
- ˈٱԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of heartless1
Example Sentences
If the government decides to cut the welfare budget in the Spending Review, that would be "absolutely heartless", she says.
Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.
"Citizens are being pauperized left, right and centre, why does the citizenry of this country deserve so uncaring & heartless a leadership?"
The finale should run you through a pack of handkerchiefs, unless you are some sort of heartless monster.
Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.
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