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单词 heartlessly
释义

heartless

adjective

heart·​less ˈhärt-ləs How to pronounce heartless (audio)
1
archaic : spiritless
2
: lacking feeling : cruel
heartlessly adverb
heartlessness noun

Synonyms

  • affectless
  • callous
  • case-hardened
  • cold-blooded
  • compassionless
  • desensitized
  • hard
  • hard-boiled
  • hard-hearted
  • indurate
  • inhuman
  • inhumane
  • insensate
  • insensitive
  • ironhearted
  • merciless
  • obdurate
  • pachydermatous
  • pitiless
  • remorseless
  • ruthless
  • slash-and-burn
  • soulless
  • stony
  • stoney
  • stonyhearted
  • take-no-prisoners
  • thick-skinned
  • uncharitable
  • unfeeling
  • unmerciful
  • unsparing
  • unsympathetic
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Example Sentences

a heartless boss who would fire people for missing work, even if they were sick as a dog a heartless enemy that takes no prisoners
Recent Examples on the Web Republicans are cheering the move while President Joe Biden and Democrats condemn it as a heartless political stunt. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2022 On a trip about money and message, Republican National Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel went to Greenwich for money Wednesday, then came to New Britain —a Democratic city — for red-meat messaging about heartless Democrats. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2022 Other suspects considered Köpernick a heartless lover, a wastrel father, a blackmailer, a fool and a creep. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Zlotowski examines the uncertain social etiquette and complex obligations of this scenario with a forensic precision that never feels heartless or theoretical. Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 Critics of the war lambasted it as heartless, ham-handed propaganda, while supporters lauded the piece as illustrating how ordinary Russians endorse the conflict despite the toll. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Critics of the war lambasted it as heartless, ham-handed propaganda, while supporters lauded the piece as illustrating how ordinary Russians endorse the conflict despite the toll. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 But demanding a present back in the face of a death is heartless, petty and cruel, none of which etiquette condones. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Trump’s heartless and just plain evil plan to forcefully remove the homeless from cities and put them in concentration camps well beyond the city limits is of course very popular with Republican legislators. Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

heartless

adjective

heart·​less ˈhärt-ləs How to pronounce heartless (audio)
: unfeeling, cruel

heartlessly

adverb

as in ruthlessly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ruthlessly
  • callously
  • mercilessly
  • pitilessly
  • unfeelingly
  • insensitively
  • inhumanely
  • unmercifully
  • brutally
  • tyrannically
  • inhumanly
  • unsparingly
  • uncharitably
  • obdurately
  • cold-bloodedly
  • harshly
  • viciously
  • savagely
  • severely
  • sternly
  • oppressively
  • ill
  • stiffly
  • abusively
  • brutishly
  • roughly
  • hard-heartedly
  • aggressively
  • insensately
  • determinedly
  • grimly
  • resolutely
  • firmly
  • strongly
  • hard
  • toughly
  • hardly
  • gruffly
  • assertively
  • decidedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lightly
  • gently
  • softly
  • lovingly
  • mildly
  • tenderly
  • graciously
  • leniently
  • kindly
  • benevolently
  • considerately
  • cordially
  • mercifully
  • sympathetically
  • compassionately
  • humanely
  • benignantly
  • charitably
  • tolerantly
  • clemently
  • understandingly
  • softheartedly
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