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

For an instant he stood watching, watching a resistless, iron-hearted force whirling her away, out of his reach, out of his life.

From A Man's Woman by Norris, Frank

Even grim Stanton, the iron-hearted, stood by his bedside and through blinding tears exclaimed: “Now he belongs to the ages!”

From The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Dixon, Thomas

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)

Placed, as they are, at the door of the temple of fame, they often seem to the unfledged author the most disobliging, iron-hearted men in the world.

From The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for by Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)