iron-hearted

American  

[ahy-ern-hahr-tid] / ˈaɪ ərnˈhɑr tɪd /

adjective

1. cruel; heartless; unfeeling.

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Other Word Forms

• iron-heartedness
  noun
• iron-heartedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of iron-hearted

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

At last, as numerous members of the audience began to weep, that iron-hearted Liberal, Viscount Grey of Fallodon drew forth his handkerchief and wiped his eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then again they would be as iron-hearted in their demands, as though we were free from sufferings, and in affluent circumstances.

From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John

These words, coming from the once iron-hearted Berselius, struck Adams strangely; there was a trace of pity in their tone.

From The Pools of Silence by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

While the Moriscoes were stunned by the fierce blows thus dealt in rapid succession by the iron-hearted marquis, the mild and liberal policy of his rival was still more effectually reducing his enemies to obedience.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling

He is the enemy of conjugal love, and is the Jupiter of the Greeks, an iron-hearted tyrant, the ruiner of ancient Greece.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene