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heartless [ hahrt -lis ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈhɑrt lɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective
unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.
Archaic . lacking courage or enthusiasm; spiritless; disheartened.
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Origin of heartless 1300–50; Middle English
herteles, Old English
heortlēas. See
heart ,
-less
OTHER WORDS FROM heartless heart·less·ly, adverb heart·less·ness, noun
Words nearby heartless heart in it, have one's ,
heart in one's mouth, have one's ,
heart in the right place, have one's ,
heart is set on ,
heartland ,
heartless ,
heart-lung machine ,
heart massage ,
heart murmur ,
heart not in it ,
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Words related to heartless brutal ,
callous ,
cold-blooded ,
cruel ,
harsh ,
inhuman ,
insensitive ,
merciless ,
ruthless ,
uncaring ,
unkind ,
cold fish ,
cold-hearted ,
hard ,
hard as nails ,
hard-boiled ,
hard-hearted ,
obdurate ,
pitiless ,
savage
How to use heartless in a sentence It’s easy to say these are big companies that own a lot of units and are heartless , but I think a significant number of units are mom-and-pop rental units.
Tinder feels heartless , Yik Yak quickly descended into hate speech, Reddit is too often misogynistic.
These leagues and athletes contorting themselves beyond normal recognition aren’t doing so only because of mindless momentum, or to satisfy heartless television executives.
The cruel and heartless local Skyline megachurch, which we attended when I was a kid, whose website lies that “you more likely to die from a lightning strike than the Covid-19 virus.”
I never imagined people could be that callous and heartless and cruel.
It is deeply moving, so much so that you have to be pretty heartless not to be touched by this wrenching account.
But the Sawyer case, combined with the heartless parsimony of all lethal outbreaks, means that the truth will out and soon.
In California, Christie shot back: “That is not a heartless position, that is a common-sense position.”
Some offenders are literally coldblooded, heartless killers.
Remember the flak that Texas Gov. Rick Perry took last cycle for calling critics of illegal immigrants “heartless ”?
Poor Hephzibah obeyed; she little suspected the heartless trick played at her expense.
Her life at home is too quiet for her, she has few friends and no education; you call me heartless .
Carry, and one or two more were grave; and an indignant voice said, "How wickedly heartless !"
Yes; and I also dare to tell M. d'Infreville that his conduct towards his wife has been both disgraceful and heartless .
The heartless , unthinking girls tripped gaily down to the carriage, and drove off.
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British Dictionary definitions for heartless
adjective
unkind or cruel; hard-hearted
Derived forms of heartless heartlessly , adverb heartlessness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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