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heartless

[ hahrt-lis ]

/ ˈhɑrt lɪs /

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adjective

unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.

Archaic. lacking courage or enthusiasm; spiritless; disheartened.

Origin of heartless

1300–50; Middle English herteles, Old English heortlēas. See heart, -less

OTHER WORDS FROM heartless

heart·less·ly, adverb heart·less·ness, noun

Words nearby heartless

hearth, hearthside, hearthstone, heartily, heartland, heartless, heartrending, hearts, hearts and flowers, heartsease, heartsick

Example sentences from the Web for heartlessly

Who heartlessly kicks Aziz Ansari into a hole, causing him to plummet to his death, instead of trying to save him?

‘This Is the End’ Craziest Moments Quiz: Which Celeb Did What? |Kevin Fallon |June 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
At least they won't get angry and accuse you of heartlessly trying to kill them in order to save a few dollars on tensor fields.

Why Not Make Social Security Benefits Even More Generous |Megan McArdle |March 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Heartlessly self-possessed as he was, the public reception of his last reply had shaken his nerve.

After Dark |Wilkie Collins
When they heartlessly pointed out its flaws he was less hilarious.

A Backward Glance at Eighty |Charles A. Murdock

And he slept on calmly, watched over by the woman whom he had so heartlessly betrayed.

The Laughing Cavalier |Baroness Orczy
Only because you are young and blind can you speak so heartlessly.

Janet of the Dunes |Harriet T. Comstock
Among other things he, the young man, talked pompously and heartlessly of his love for using the knife.

White Dandy; or, Master and I |Velma Caldwell Melville

British Dictionary definitions for heartlessly

heartless

/ (ˈhɑːtlɪs) /

adjective

unkind or cruel; hard-hearted

Derived forms of heartless

heartlessly, adverb heartlessness, noun