HEARTLESS

hardhearted, heartless

(adjective) lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

heartless

(adjective) devoid of courage or enthusiasm

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

heartless (comparative more heartless, superlative most heartless)

(obsolete) Without courage; fearful, cowardly. [10th–19th c.]

(now, rare) Listless, unenthusiastic. [from 14th c.]

Without a physical heart. [from 15th c.]

Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring. [from 16th c.]

Anagrams

• Earthless, earthless, hartlesse, shearlets

Source: Wiktionary


Heart"less, a.

1. Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.

2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent. Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. Dryden. Heartless and melancholy. W. Irwing.

3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." Byron.

– Heart"less*ly, adv.

– Heart"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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