hardhearted

See also: hard-hearted

English

Alternative forms

• hard-hearted

Etymology

hard +‎ hearted

Adjective

hardhearted (comparative more hardhearted, superlative most hardhearted)

1. Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

Synonyms

• flint-hearted, iron-hearted, stonehearted

Antonyms

• softhearted

Related terms

• hardheaded
• heart of stone

Translations

lacking in compassion

• Arabic: قَاسِي الْقَلْب (qāsī l-qalb), غَلِيظ الْقَلْب (ḡalīẓ al-qalb)
• Finnish: kovasydäminen (fi)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (daufs)
• Greek: σκληρόκαρδος (el) (sklirókardos)

  Ancient: σκληροκάρδιος (sklērokárdios)

• Hungarian: keményszívű (hu), kőszívű (hu), szívtelen (hu)
• Irish: cruachroíoch, fuarchroíoch, fuarchúiseach
• Persian: سنگدل (fa) (sangdel), سختدل (saxtdel)
• Plautdietsch: hoathoatich
• Romanian: insensibil (ro), nemilos (ro), aspru (ro)
• Sanskrit: कठोर (sa) (kaṭhora)
• Swedish: hårdhjärtad (sv)
• Turkish: katı yürekli (tr)

References

• hardhearted in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “hardhearted”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "hardhearted" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)