Heartlessness

Heartlessness
Heartless Heart"less, a. 1. Without a heart. [1913 Webster]

You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]

2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent. [1913 Webster]

Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing. [1913 Webster]

3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. ``The heartless parasites.'' --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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