iron-hearted

American  

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

adjective

1. cruel; heartless; unfeeling.

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Other Word Forms

• iron-heartedly adverb
• iron-heartedness noun

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

The Romans, also, were an iron-hearted people, placing their glory in foreign conquest.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

There was none to plead for Tyro and her helpless children, for her mother, Alkidike, was dead, and Salmoneus had taken the iron-hearted Sidero to be his wife.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The iron-hearted Berselius, the man of daring and nerve, was not here, he had been left behind in the elephant country in the immeasurable south.

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

Do you shut your door against the houseless and the homeless, O iron-hearted innkeeper?

From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)