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hardhearted

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flint-hearted, iron-hearted, stonehearted, brutal, callous, cold, cold-eyed, cruel, dour, forbidding, frosty, grim, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, harsh, humorless, icy, insensate, insensitive, marble-hearted, rigorous, rockhearted, severe, stern, stony, stonyhearted, strict, tough, unsympathetic, unmoved

Antonyms: softhearted

2

adjective

Meaning 2

lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heartless

Antonyms: softhearted

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

devoid of feeling for others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unfeeling wretch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stonyhearted, unfeeling

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hard + hearted.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاسِي الْقَلْب (qāsī l-qalb) — lacking in compassion
  • Arabic: غَلِيظ الْقَلْب (ḡalīẓ al-qalb) — lacking in compassion
  • Finnish: kovasydäminen — lacking in compassion
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (daufs) — lacking in compassion
  • Greek: σκληρόκαρδος (sklirókardos) — lacking in compassion
  • Ancient Greek: σκληροκάρδιος (sklērokárdios) — lacking in compassion
  • Hindi: पत्थरदिल (patthardil) — lacking in compassion
  • Hungarian: keményszívű — lacking in compassion
  • Hungarian: kőszívű — lacking in compassion
  • Hungarian: szívtelen — lacking in compassion
  • Irish: cruachroíoch — lacking in compassion
  • Irish: fuarchroíoch — lacking in compassion
  • Irish: fuarchúiseach — lacking in compassion
  • Persian: سنگدل (sangdel) — lacking in compassion
  • Persian: سختدل (saxtdel) — lacking in compassion
  • Plautdietsch: hoathoatich — lacking in compassion
  • Romanian: insensibil — lacking in compassion
  • Romanian: nemilos — lacking in compassion
  • Romanian: aspru — lacking in compassion
  • Sanskrit: कठोर (kaṭhora) — lacking in compassion
  • Swedish: hårdhjärtad — lacking in compassion
  • Tagalog: pusong-bato — lacking in compassion
  • Tagalog: pusong-bakal — lacking in compassion
  • Tagalog: matigas ang puso — lacking in compassion
  • Turkish: katı yürekli — lacking in compassion