Synonyms
- affectless
- callous
- case-hardened
- cold-blooded
- compassionless
- desensitized
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- indurate
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensate
- insensitive
- ironhearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pachydermatous
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- slash-and-burn
- soulless
- stony
- stoney
- stonyhearted
- take-no-prisoners
- thick-skinned
- uncharitable
- unfeeling
- unmerciful
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
Examples of heartless in a Sentence
a heartless boss who would fire people for missing work, even if they were sick as a dog
a heartless enemy that takes no prisoners
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Court records are replete with judges sentencing people convicted of unquestionably violent crimes to decades in prison while proclaiming that the person before them is heartless, irredeemable, and will forever be a threat to society.
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Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Many of the angel families here today were betrayed by the last administration and with its heartless, and foolish, and really very arrogant and dumb policies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Section 31 opens with a flashback that explains how Georgiou rose to power — and became so damn heartless.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 24 Jan. 2025
That's such an incredibly cruel and heartless thing to say, grief or no grief.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Many of the angel families here today were betrayed by the last administration and with its heartless, and foolish, and really very arrogant and dumb policies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Section 31 opens with a flashback that explains how Georgiou rose to power — and became so damn heartless.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 24 Jan. 2025
That's such an incredibly cruel and heartless thing to say, grief or no grief.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Heartless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartless. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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