hard-hearted (Meaning)
hard-hearted (a.)
Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hard-hearted
Synonyms:
- hateful
- desensitized
- inhuman
- thick-skinned
- remorseless
- severe
- pitiless
- stoney
- vicious
- cruel
- soulless
- uncharitable
- case-hardened
- indurate
- oppressive
- affectless
- unfeeling
- take-no-prisoners
- slash-and-burn
- malicious
- hard
- inhumane
- unmerciful
- insensate
- grim
- brutal
- heartless
- obdurate
- unsympathetic
- pachydermatous
- callous
- stern
- abusive
- tough
- stony
- harsh
- hard-boiled
- compassionless
- unsparing
- insensitive
- cold-blooded
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- ironfisted
- sledgehammer
- rough
- austere
- acrimonious
- brutish
- ill-natured
- ungentle
- boorish
- knock-down-and-drag-out
- heedless
- spiteful
- ironhanded
- virulent
- surly
- disagreeable
- rough-and-tumble
- unloving
- stonyhearted
- ironhearted
- malevolent
- hard-bitten
- jackbooted
- cold
- evil-minded
- bestial
- uncaring
- unfriendly
- heavy-handed
- inconsiderate
- unthinking
- ill-tempered
- mean
- rancorous
- savage
- thoughtless
- barbarous
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.
merciless,ruthless, hateful, desensitized, inhuman, thick-skinned, remorseless, severe, pitiless, stoney
merciful, charitable, tender, gentle, sensitive, warm, kindly, benevolent,sympathetic, compassionate
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.
