Heartless

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heartless \Heart"less\, a.
     1. Without a heart.
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              You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom.
                                                    --J. Webster.


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     2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
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              Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their
              ground.                               --Dryden.
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              Heartless and melancholy.             --W. Irwing.
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     3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.
        "The heartless parasites." --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly},
        adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heartless
       adj 1: marked by lack of heart or feeling; "a heartless tyrant";
              "heartless words" [ant: {hearted}]
       2: lacking in feeling or pity or warmth [syn: {hardhearted}]
          [ant: {softhearted}]
       3: devoid of courage or enthusiasm

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  179 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartless":
     Laodicean, Olympian, affectless, aloof, anesthetized, apathetic,
     arctic, autistic, benumbed, blah, blase, blunt, bowed-down,
     bowelless, brazen, brutal, callous, calloused, case-hardened,
     cast down, catatonic, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity,
     cold of heart, cold-blooded, coldblooded, coldhearted, comatose,
     conscienceless, cool, cruel, dashed, dejected, depressed,
     desensitized, despairing, despondent, desponding, detached,
     discouraged, disheartened, disinterested, dispassionate,
     dispirited, dog-eat-dog, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping,
     droopy, drugged, dull, emotionally dead, emotionless, feeling low,
     flinthearted, flinty, frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, gritless,
     gutless, hard, hard of heart, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted,
     harsh, hebetudinous, hopeless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, icy,
     immovable, impassible, impassive, in a stupor, in low spirits,
     in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, inclement,
     indifferent, indurated, inexcitable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane,
     insensitive, insouciant, insusceptible, inured, languid,
     languishing, lethargic, listless, lost to shame, low, low-spirited,
     merciless, nonchalant, nonemotional, numb, numbed, obdurate,
     objective, obtuse, out of touch, passionless, passive, pessimistic,
     phlegmatic, pining, pitiless, pluckless, relentless, remorseless,
     resigned, ruthless, seared, self-absorbed, shameless, slack,
     sluggish, soporific, soulless, spiritless, spunkless, stoic,
     stonyhearted, stupefied, subdued, suicidal, supine, torpid,
     unaffectionate, unblushing, uncaring, uncompassionate,
     uncompassioned, unconcerned, uncourageous, undaring, unemotional,
     unfeeling, unforgiving, ungallant, unheroic, unimpassioned,
     unimpressionable, uninterested, unintrepid, unkind, unloving,
     unmerciful, unnatural, unpassionate, unpitiful, unpitying,
     unremorseful, unresponding, unresponsive, unsoldierlike,
     unsoldierly, unsusceptible, unsympathetic, unsympathizing,
     untouchable, unvaliant, unvalorous, unyielding, weary of life,
     withdrawn, without mercy, woebegone, world-weary