hardhearted
unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
Origin of hardhearted
1Other 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.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordSally was mysteriously hardhearted about them, while fully admitting their claims on the public.
Somehow Good | William de MorganHe asked himself if he had not been hardhearted to fly away without saying good-bye to Solomon.
The Little White Bird | J. M. BarrieBut 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 SharberIt would be a hardhearted bandit who would despoil the gentle angler of his basket of trouts.
Shandygaff | Christopher Morley
British Dictionary definitions for hardhearted
/ (ˌhɑːdˈhɑːtɪd) /
unkind or intolerant
Derived forms of hardhearted
- hardheartedly, adverb
- hardheartedness, noun
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