hard-hearted (Meaning)
hard-hearted (a.)
Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hard-hearted
Synonyms:
- unmerciful
- heartless
- unsparing
- take-no-prisoners
- desensitized
- inhuman
- stoney
- obdurate
- slash-and-burn
- uncharitable
- grim
- remorseless
- cold-blooded
- cruel
- inhumane
- vicious
- oppressive
- pachydermatous
- hateful
- insensitive
- compassionless
- unsympathetic
- stern
- hard-boiled
- malicious
- indurate
- thick-skinned
- hard
- tough
- soulless
- pitiless
- insensate
- case-hardened
- affectless
- harsh
- abusive
- unfeeling
- callous
- severe
- brutal
- stony
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- unloving
- virulent
- rough
- unthinking
- surly
- ironfisted
- disagreeable
- ungentle
- savage
- stonyhearted
- barbarous
- brutish
- mean
- heavy-handed
- malevolent
- ill-natured
- cold
- acrimonious
- rancorous
- thoughtless
- bestial
- ironhearted
- jackbooted
- inconsiderate
- unfriendly
- spiteful
- boorish
- evil-minded
- ironhanded
- austere
- ill-tempered
- rough-and-tumble
- heedless
- knock-down-and-drag-out
- hard-bitten
- uncaring
- sledgehammer
Antonyms:
hard-hearted Sentence Examples
- The hard-hearted landlord refused to show any compassion to his struggling tenants.
- Despite her pleas, the hard-hearted judge remained unyielding in her sentencing.
- The hard-hearted stepmother treated her stepchildren with cold indifference.
- The hard-hearted bully taunted the weaker students with no remorse.
- The hard-hearted employer fired his employees without a second thought.
- The hard-hearted thief showed no mercy as he stole from the helpless victim.
- The hard-hearted politician ignored the pleas of his constituents for help.
- The hard-hearted doctor delivered the devastating diagnosis without a shred of empathy.
- The hard-hearted parent disowned their child for making a mistake.
- The hard-hearted soldier fought with unwavering brutality in the war.
FAQs About the word hard-hearted
Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
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warm, sensitive,sympathetic, mild, merciful, mild, gentle, sympathetic, humane, kind
The hard-hearted landlord refused to show any compassion to his struggling tenants.
Despite her pleas, the hard-hearted judge remained unyielding in her sentencing.
The hard-hearted stepmother treated her stepchildren with cold indifference.
The hard-hearted bully taunted the weaker students with no remorse.
