Dictionary

hardhearted en · ADJ

Etymology

From hard + hearted.

Meanings

1. Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.
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Forms

Antonyms

softhearted

Deriveds

hardheartedness · hardheartedly

Relateds

heart of stone · hardheaded

Synonyms

harsh · hardhanded · callous · iron-hearted · stony · severe · insensate · stonehearted · stonehearted · iron-hearted · hardened · icy · strict · insensitive · stonyhearted · stern · hard · grim · cruel · hardhearted · unsympathetic · flint-hearted · hard-boiled · thick-skinned · cold · frosty · humorless · brutal · flint-hearted · rockhearted · heartless · forbidding · cold-eyed · marble-hearted · unmoved · dour · rigorous · tough

Translations (25)

hu szívtelen (lacking in compassion) · ar غَلِيظ الْقَلْب (lacking in compassion) · tl pusong-bakal (lacking in compassion) · ro insensibil (lacking in compassion) · ga fuarchroíoch (lacking in compassion) · sa कठोर (lacking in compassion) · ar قَاسِي الْقَلْب (lacking in compassion) · ga fuarchúiseach (lacking in compassion) · grc σκληροκάρδιος (lacking in compassion) · tl matigas ang puso (lacking in compassion) · pdt hoathoatich (lacking in compassion) · fa سنگدل (lacking in compassion) · ga cruachroíoch (lacking in compassion) · hu keményszívű (lacking in compassion) · sv hårdhjärtad (lacking in compassion) · ro nemilos (lacking in compassion) · el σκληρόκαρδος (lacking in compassion) · ro aspru (lacking in compassion) · hi पत्थरदिल (lacking in compassion) · fa سختدل (lacking in compassion) · got 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (lacking in compassion) · tr katı yürekli (lacking in compassion) · fi kovasydäminen (lacking in compassion) · tl pusong-bato (lacking in compassion) · hu kőszívű (lacking in compassion)