- Hard-heartedness
- Hard-hearted Hard"-heart`ed (-h[aum]rt`[e^]d), a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. -- {Hard"-heart`ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Hard-heartedness
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hard-heartedness — hard hearted ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfeeling. DERIVATIVES hard heartedly adverb hard heartedness noun … English terms dictionary
hard-heartedness — hard heartˈedness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑hard … Useful english dictionary
hard-heartedness — noun see hard hearted … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard-heartedness — insensitivity, cruelty, lack of pity … English contemporary dictionary
hard-hearted — (adj.) also hardhearted, obdurate, unfeeling, late 12c. (implied in heard heortnesse hard heartedness ); from HARD (Cf. hard) + HEARTED (Cf. hearted). Sometimes in Middle English also meaning bold, courageous (15c.). Related: Hard heartedly; hard … Etymology dictionary
Heartedness — Heart ed*ness, n. Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon. [1913 Webster] Note: See also the Note under {Hearted}. The analysis of the compounds gives hard hearted + ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hard-hearted — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfeeling. DERIVATIVES hard heartedly adverb hard heartedness noun … English terms dictionary
hard-heartedly — hard hearted ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfeeling. DERIVATIVES hard heartedly adverb hard heartedness noun … English terms dictionary
hard-hearted — adjective Date: 13th century lacking in sympathetic understanding ; unfeeling, pitiless • hard heartedly adverb • hard heartedness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard-hearted — adjective unfeeling. Derivatives hard heartedly adverb hard heartedness noun … English new terms dictionary
