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[ hahrt -lis ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈhɑrt lɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.
Archaic . lacking courage or enthusiasm; spiritless; disheartened.
Origin of heartless 1300–50; Middle English herteles, Old English heortlēas. See heart, -less
OTHER WORDS FROM heartless heart·less·ly, adverb heart·less·ness, noun Words nearby heartless heart in it, have one's, heart in one's mouth, have one's, heart in the right place, have one's, heart is set on, heartland, heartless , heart-lung machine, heart massage, heart murmur, heart not in it, Heart of Darkness
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Example sentences from the Web for heartless I never imagined people could be that callous and heartless and cruel.
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But the Sawyer case, combined with the heartless parsimony of all lethal outbreaks, means that the truth will out and soon.
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In California, Christie shot back: “That is not a heartless position, that is a common-sense position.”
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Some offenders are literally coldblooded, heartless killers.
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Remember the flak that Texas Gov. Rick Perry took last cycle for calling critics of illegal immigrants “heartless ”?
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The effortless transformation of Justin Bieber from dreamy teen heartthrob to heartless , self-centered pop star continues apace.
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I'd as soon die here as live much longer among those cruel and heartless people.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank Baum
He found the heartless Professor quite oblivious to Mrs. Jasher's sufferings, so taken up was he with the newly found mummy.
The Green Mummy | Fergus Hume
The intense concentration of self in the middle of such a heartless immensity, my God!
Moby Dick; or The Whale | Herman Melville
She was equally ready for their hearty kindness or their equally strong and heartless brutality.
The Red Cross Barge | Marie Belloc Lowndes
You can not deny that she is heartless and capricious; you admitted as much the other day.
Sybil Chase | Ann S. Stephens
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British Dictionary definitions for heartless adjective unkind or cruel; hard-hearted
Derived forms of heartless heartlessly , adverb heartlessness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to heartless insensitive, unkind, ruthless, harsh, inhuman, callous, brutal, cruel, cold-blooded, merciless, uncaring, cold-hearted, hard, hard-boiled, obdurate, pitiless, savage, thick-skinned, unemotional, unfeeling