heartless
79
4.1
- adjective
- /ˈhɑrtləs/
- Offensive
:
desalmado
- I think, you know, those critics probably showed themselves as being a little heartless by doing that.
- a heartless world
There's no way that this guy is this heartless and trashy.
- There's no way that this guy is this heartless and trashy.
- And I'm not saying that I'm a cold, heartless monster, but a little sick.
- We shouldn't be, we shouldn't be heartless when it comes to someone else's suffering.
- If you win all these interchanges, you'll make them a heartless brute, just a punk.
- They were just profoundly cruel and heartless that way.
- And I saw some heartless people on Twitter who just didn't care about the flag.
- And I, I just think, you know, you have, I don't know, I mean, you and I can be very heartless.
- I don't think someone that cruel and heartless is going to have a come to moment come to Jesus.
- Whereas that heartless bastard over there who can just do whatever he wants, he's more free than me.
- Do I think that the makers of this series are heartless, exploitative, You know, take no prisoners, TV guys?
- Plagued by a dark psychosis that no one detected, the young scholars prodigies arrogantly explain their heartless plan.
- You told me to do it, you heartless son of a bitch.
- Men are damn near heartless, OK, but I need you to understand that is very unhealthy to believe and it's completely wrong.
- Sports writer Francis Ellis has written like the most tone deaf, heartless, cruel blog about a murdered girl.
Examples
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His heartless remarks during the meeting shocked everyone present.
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Kind of heartless of you not to show up, don't you think, Karen?
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How far does his song reach in such a cold and heartless place?
Fiction book (1992) -
How could you be so heartless?
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What a shocking, heartless sentiment, I thought, though I kept my thought to myself.
Fiction book (1994) -
And obviously you'd be pretty heartless to not be devastated by it.
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Now that we have perfected this land, it would be heartless to deprive others of our way of life.
Fiction book (1995) -
I thought he must consider me heartless to have repaid his many kindnesses with neglect.
Fiction book (1997) -
We shouldn't be, we shouldn't be heartless when it comes to someone else's suffering.
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It's heartless to ignore someone's suffering when they need help the most.
Synonyms
54
6.1
Showing no pity and acting cruel on purpose
44
1.0
Not friendly or caring to other people
41
7.3
Not caring about other people's feelings or pain
34
6.3
Cold and showing no warm or deep feeling
24
6.8
Not showing much interest or energy
18
4.2
Not showing concern for other people's feelings or needs
14
5.9
Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings
11
5.5
Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice
7
4.9
Not feeling sorry for someone or caring about their problems
7
7.0
Not showing any pity or kindness
6
7.5
Not feeling sorry and continuing without stopping when hurting others
4
6.6
Showing no feeling and little energy
4
6.0
Showing no care or sympathy for other people
4
7.2
Not showing any feeling or kindness to others
2
8.1
Not showing feelings or care and seeming cold and unkind
1
7.3
Not caring when other people suffer
1
8.6
A person who does not show care for other people
1
7.2
Not feeling or showing pity for other people
1
9.3
A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice
1
7.4
Shows no sympathy for people who suffer
Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer
Not feeling sorry for other people
Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people
Not willing to give, share, or be kind to others
Antonyms
How Compassionate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heartless comes from heart, which people long ago thought of as the place of love and feeling, and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So a heartless person is like someone 'without' a heart, which helps explain why the word means 'cruel' or 'unfeeling'.