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hardhearted

adjective

1. lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

• Syn: ↑heartless

• Ant: ↑softhearted

• Similar to: ↑flinty, ↑flint, ↑granitic, ↑obdurate, ↑stony

• Derivationally related forms: ↑heartlessness (for: ↑heartless), ↑hardheartedness

2. devoid of feeling for others

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an unfeeling wretch

• Syn: ↑stonyhearted, ↑unfeeling

• Similar to: ↑uncompassionate

• Derivationally related forms: ↑unfeelingness (for: ↑unfeeling), ↑hardheartedness

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—hardheartedly, adv. —hardheartedness, n.

/hahrd"hahr"tid/, adj.

unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.

[1175-1225; ME hardherted. See HARD, -HEARTED]

Syn. heartless, merciless, mean, unforgiving.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.