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cold-hearted

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, dead inside, dispassionate, emotionless, immovable, impassible, impassive, insensible, nonemotional, nonfeeling, nonpassionate, nonsentimental, stolid, unemotional, unfeeling, unmovable, unpassionate, unsentimental

Antonyms: warm-hearted

History

Etymology

From cold heart + -ed, equivalent to cold + hearted. Compare Old English caldheort (“cold-hearted”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: коравосърдечен (koravosǎrdečen) — callous or heartless
  • Finnish: kylmäsydäminen — callous or heartless
  • Finnish: kovasydäminen — callous or heartless
  • Georgian: გულქვა (gulkva) — callous or heartless
  • Georgian: ცივი (civi) — callous or heartless
  • Georgian: გულცივი (gulcivi) — callous or heartless
  • German: kaltherzig — callous or heartless
  • Hungarian: hidegszívű — callous or heartless
  • Icelandic: kaldgeðja — callous or heartless
  • Icelandic: kaldlyndur — callous or heartless
  • Icelandic: harðlyndur — callous or heartless
  • Māori: ngākaukore — callous or heartless
  • Māori: tītonga — callous or heartless
  • Russian: бессердечный (besserdečnyj) — callous or heartless
  • Swedish: kallhamrad — callous or heartless
  • Vietnamese: lạnh nhạt — callous or heartless
  • Welsh: oeraidd — callous or heartless
  • Welsh: anghynnes — callous or heartless