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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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