hard-heartedhard-heart‧ed /ˌhɑːd ˈhɑːtɪd $ ˌhɑːrd ˈhɑːr-/ adjective 
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Thesaurus- a hard-hearted and unprincipled man
- I've tried to help in the past, but I think now I have to be hard-hearted and make them help themselves.
- A good organiser is totally objective, even downright hard-hearted in choosing venue, style, speakers and programme.
- Anabelle watched him go, thinking that she had never met so many hard-hearted and spiteful creatures in her whole short life.
- Another case of hard-hearted capitalists pushing aside the less fortunate to enhance their investments?
- Clinton began his political comeback after the debacle of the 1994 congressional elections as the protector of the elderly from hard-hearted Republicans.
- It proves you're not as hard-hearted as I imagined.
- Love and politics clash when Maggie falls for a hard-hearted soldier.
THESAURUS► unkind
not caring about other people’s feelings OPP soft-hearted► see thesaurus at unkind treating people in a way that makes them unhappy or upset. Unkind sounds rather formal. In everyday English, people usually say mean or nasty: · Children can be very unkind to each other.· a rather unkind remark
► mean especially spoken unkind: · Don’t be mean to your sister!· It was a mean thing to do.
► nasty deliberately unkind, and seeming to enjoy making people unhappy: · He said some really nasty things before he left.· a nasty man
► hurtful unkind – used about remarks and actions: · Joe couldn’t forget the hurtful things she had said.· Couples sometimes do hurtful things to each other.
► spiteful deliberately unkind to someone because you are jealous of them or angry with them: · The other women were spiteful to her, and gave her the hardest work to do.· She watched them with spiteful glee (=pleasure).
► malicious deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset, hurt, or cause problems for someone: · Someone had been spreading malicious rumours about him.· There was a malicious smile on her face.· an act of malicious vandalism· The accusations are malicious.
► unsympathetic not seeming to care about someone’s problems, and not trying to help them or make them feel better: · Her parents were very unsympathetic, and told her that she deserved to fail her exam.· an unsympathetic boss
► hard-hearted very unsympathetic and not caring at all about other people’s feelings: · Was he hard-hearted enough to leave his son in jail overnight?· a hard-hearted businessman
Longman Language Activatorhaving no sympathy for other people's problems► unsympathetic someone who is unsympathetic does not show you any sympathy when you need help or when you tell them about your troubles: · I explained our problems to the bank manager, but he remained unsympathetic.· I'm sorry, I don't mean to be unsympathetic, but I don't see how I can help.· Our appeal for government help met with an unsympathetic response.
► hard-hearted someone who is hard-hearted does not feel any sympathy and does not care at all when people are in trouble or pain and ask for help: · a hard-hearted and unprincipled man· I've tried to help in the past, but I think now I have to be hard-hearted and make them help themselves.