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heartless Definition

heart·less (härtlis)

adjective

  1. Archaic lacking spirit, courage, or enthusiasm
  2. lacking kindness or feeling; hard and pitiless

Etymology: ME herteles < OE heortleas

heartless Related Forms

heart·lessly adverb heart·less·ness noun

heartless Synonyms

heartless

modif.

heartless Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • so: How can we be so heartless as to kill your pet, you ask?
  • not: The group put their weapons away; these were people, not heartless.
  • rather: They remind me of him, upstanding, decent and calculated not to offend, but really rather heartless and without exception absolute bores.
  • very: Great movie, as close to the great series it was based on as possible, but it's still a very heartless affair.
  • first: Time seemed to crawl as they waited for the first heartless to show.
  • seemingly: This seemingly heartless statement has great meaning behind it.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

sound: I apologize if this sounds a bit heartless, but if evolution is true that is the only analysis which makes sense.

Modifies a noun

  • bitch: Angie understands, but Josette the Black Pearl is a heartless bitch.
  • bastard: For once, she thought, the heartless bastard was right.
  • thief: The heartless thieves removed parts of the perimeter fence around the field.
  • creature: She must be a heartless creature to sit laughing at some jest within a few hours of her husband's murder.
  • world: This is an entertaining sci-fi caper about cloning in a heartless future world.
  • man: Picked up the heartless men dashing benefits include annual a hostage to.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: The prevailing opinion that this shouldn't be allowed seems heartless.
  • sound: It sounds heartless, but often totally ignoring him when he seems afraid produces an improvement.
  • appear: The dilemma is that as broadcasters we do not want to appear heartless.
  • look: Just as he took two steps, a large group of odd looking heartless began to come up out of the ground.
  • become: The hearts taken by the Heartless become Heartless themselves.

Browse dictionary entries near heartless

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  8. hearten
  9. -hearted
  10. heartburn
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  2. heartsick
  3. heartsome
  4. heartstrings
  5. heartthrob
  6. heartwarming
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  8. heartworm
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