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adjective
- 1. displaying a complete lack of feeling or consideration: "heartless thieves stole the pushchair of a two-year-old boy"
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not kind to someone or something and causing pain. cruel Teasing them for being overweight is cruel. callous He had a callous disregard for the feelings of others. cold-blooded The budget is based on a cold-blooded analysis of the markets. ruthless He was a ruthless dictator. heartless He has been described as a heartless boss by several employees.
heart· less ˈhärt-ləs. Synonyms of heartless. 1. archaic : spiritless. 2. : lacking feeling : cruel. heartlessly adverb. heartlessness noun. Synonyms. affectless. callous. case-hardened. cold-blooded. compassionless. desensitized. hard-boiled. hard-hearted. indurate. inhumane. insensate. insensitive. ironhearted. merciless. obdurate.
Heartless definition: unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel. See examples of HEARTLESS used in a sentence.
cruel and not worrying about other people: Don't be so heartless! Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not kind to someone or something and causing pain. cruel Teasing them for being overweight is cruel. callous He had a callous disregard for the feelings of others. cold-blooded The budget is based on a cold-blooded analysis of the markets.
If you describe someone as heartless, you mean that they are cruel and unkind, and have no sympathy for anyone or anything. I couldn't believe they were so heartless. It was a heartless thing to do.
Someone who's heartless is inconsiderate and insensitive to other people's feelings. It would be heartless to smash a little kid's carefully carved Jack o' lantern.
Definition of heartless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
