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heartless

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heart·less  (härtls)
adj.
1. Devoid of compassion or feeling; pitiless.
2. Archaic Devoid of courage or enthusiasm; spiritless.
heartless·ly adv.
heartless·ness n.
heartless
Adjective
unkind or cruel
heartlessly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
hardhearted
2.heartless - devoid of courage or enthusiasm
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
spiritless - lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism"
heartless
adjective cruel, hard, callous, cold, harsh, brutal, unkind, inhuman, merciless, cold-blooded, uncaring, pitiless, unfeeling, cold-hearted, affectless, hardhearted << OPPOSITE compassionate
Translations
heartless [ˈhɑːtlɪs] adj → despiadado
heartless [ˈhɑːtlɪs] adj [person] → sans cœur, insensible; [treatment] → cruel(le)
heartless [ˈhɑːtlɪs] heart adj → herzlos
heartless [ˈhɑːtlɪs] adj → senza cuore, insensibile; crudele


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Meantime Herr Givenaught and Herr Heartless were having an early breakfast in the former's castle--the Sparrow's Nest--and flavoring it with a quarrel; for although these twins bore a love for each other which almost amounted to worship, there was one subject upon which they could not touch without calling each other hard names-- and yet it was the subject which they oftenest touched upon.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Back to him over the waters, hollow and heartless, like laughter in a tomb, rang the voice of the Skipper:
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
She had grown to young womanhood a cold and heartless creature, daughter of a thousand other cold, heartless, beautiful women who had never known love.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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