Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Unfeeling; cruel; pitiless; inhuman; inexorable.
- Synonyms See list under cruel.
Wiktionary
- adj. Alternative form of hardhearted.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. devoid of feeling for others
- adj. lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
Examples
“Sharon Small as the indomitable Maggie, Robert Cavanah as her ineffectual husband, Morven Christie as their hard-hearted daughter-in-law, and Anne Downie as the grumbling old woman inhabit this cluttered world as if it is their natural terrain.”
“Being pro-free market and anti-big government, they tend to value money too much and regulation not enough, a blend that usually culminates in a hard-hearted brew.”
“Now, you're at the mercy of hard-hearted bondholders and the bankruptcy court.”
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“But Buck's new position in favor of birth control methods that kill zygotes (like IUDs or the Pill) is inconsistent and makes him look awfully hard-hearted toward the raped 14-year-old girl.”
The Huffington Post: Jason Salzman: Schieffer Lets Buck Slide on Face the Nation
“Mary Eleanor Bowes was vilified during the divorce cases as an outrageous libertine, an ungrateful wife and a hard-hearted mother.”
“Suggesting we adopt the puppy might have been the most unpredictable thing I'd ever done, but here was a beautiful little animal, the sort that even a hard-hearted dog skeptic would find irresistible.”
“Two hard-hearted people opening their hearts to one another.”
The Huffington Post: Carol Smaldino: Examining Our Nation's True Grit: Can We Change Our Minds?
“And blame liberals and now “bleading heart conservatives” (i.e. not “true” hard-hearted conservatives) like Bush!”
“Whitman, who fired her illegal immigrant housekeeper and ran a relentless barrage of negative ads against her opponents, was seen as hard-headed but hard-hearted, too.”
The Huffington Post: Phil Trounstine: California Voters Turn Back the Angry Red Tide
“Team Romney is hoping this won't just win him voters but will also inoculate him against the rap that he is a hard-hearted millionaire.”
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Compound Adjectives
Use compound adjectives to talk about the qualities of rule models and heroes.
absent-minded, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, coolheaded, empty-headed, hardheaded, hard-hearted, hot-blooded, hotheaded, narrow-minded, kindhearted, fast-talking and 18 more...
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abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Some Hearty Words
after one’s own h..., hearted, heart-shaped, heartily, hearty, heartfelt, heartwarming, heartsome, heartthrob, heartstrings, heart-stirring, heart-root and 121 more...
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