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

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)

Into this loosely compact political and social organization, hard-headed, clear-sighted, iron-hearted, steel-clad Cortes precipitated himself.

From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

Oh, iron-hearted Surja Mukhi, arise! think what you have done.

From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Knight, Miriam S.

Alas! humanity is weak: we are compelled to say that the heroic knight, the ardent lover, the iron-hearted rebel, suddenly changed his device, and took for his crest a lion no longer, only a hare.

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous