hardhearted

[ hahrd-hahr-tid ]
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adjective
  1. unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.

Origin of hardhearted

1
1175–1225; Middle English hardherted. See hard, hearted

Other words for hardhearted

Other words from hardhearted

  • hard·heart·ed·ly, adverb
  • hard·heart·ed·ness, noun

Words Nearby hardhearted

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How to use hardhearted in a sentence

  • The knight would be only a hardhearted warrior, oppressing the poor and miserable, and only interesting from his deeds of valor.

  • Sally was mysteriously hardhearted about them, while fully admitting their claims on the public.

    Somehow Good | William de Morgan
  • He asked himself if he had not been hardhearted to fly away without saying good-bye to Solomon.

    The Little White Bird | J. M. Barrie
  • But he knew of course there wouldn't any lady be hardhearted enough not to buy a picture of her own baby.

    The Annals of Ann | Kate Trimble Sharber
  • It would be a hardhearted bandit who would despoil the gentle angler of his basket of trouts.

    Shandygaff | Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for hardhearted

hardhearted

/ (ˌhɑːdˈhɑːtɪd) /


adjective
  1. unkind or intolerant

Derived forms of hardhearted

  • hardheartedly, adverb
  • hardheartedness, noun

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