hardhearted, heartless
(adjective) lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
heartless
(adjective) devoid of courage or enthusiasm
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.]
• 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
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
