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heartless

/ˈhɑɹt.lɪs/adjective2 syllables

Heartless means: lacking in feeling or pity or warmth.

Synonyms for heartless18

adjective, as in lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

hardhearted, flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony

adjective, as in devoid of courage or enthusiasm

spiritless

also used for heartless

cold-hearted, uncordial, brutal, callous, cold, cold-eyed, cruel, dour, flint-hearted, forbidding, acardiac

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What does heartless mean?2

adjective

1

lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

2

devoid of courage or enthusiasm

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Heartless in a sentence

  • Sorry, it was just a big, heartless joke.Eccles17
  • It is heartless of him to say so.Swift
  • It was heartless of him to say such a thing to the sick man.CK
  • We're all handicapped and heartless in own ways.Eccles17
  • Sami was killed in a cold and heartless way.OsoHombre
  • That heartless guy is trying with all his might to ruin me.Objectivesea
  • The whole world has become so heartless and such a cold-blooded place.LoverofEnglish
  • Fadil always used his heartless scare tactics to control Dania.OsoHombre

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