cold-hearted

[ kohld-hahr-tid ]

adjective

1. lacking sympathy or feeling; indifferent; unkind.

cold-hearted

adjective

1. lacking in feeling or warmth; unkind

Derived Forms

• ˌcold-ˈheartedness, noun
• ˌcold-ˈheartedly, adverb

Other Words From

• coldhearted·ly adjective
• cold-hearted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold-hearted¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

If it is true I can not understand that anybody can be so cruel and cold-hearted.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones could play the cold-hearted heiress Veronica Lodge.

From The Daily Beast

The cold-hearted countess felt no revival of maternal love, as she looked at her daughter's lifeless form.

From Project Gutenberg

He had called her a vain ambitious cold-hearted woman, who thought that her voice and her beauty could not be beaten.

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But he is an Athenian, and I can understand that Snnica, the cold hearted, should have surrendered to one of her own people.

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She supposed she was cold-hearted; yet when Pippin sang a hymn, she felt as if Heaven was close by.

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Also she had in Ebenezer a cold-hearted scoundrel who backed her up completely.

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