hard-hearted

  • 21Hearted — Heart ed, a. 1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character). [1913 Webster] 2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] Landor. [1913 Webster] 3. Seated or laid up in the heart. [1913… …

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  • 22hearted — now used only in combinations, meaning “at heart,” since c.1200, first attested in hard hearted; see HEART (Cf. heart). Related: heartedly …

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  • 23hard´-heart´ed|ness — hard heart|ed «HAHRD HAHR tihd», adjective. without pity; cruel; unfeeling: »a hard hearted man who was cruel to most animals. SYNONYM(S): merciless. –hard´ heart´ed|ly, adverb. –hard´ heart´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 24hard´-heart´ed|ly — hard heart|ed «HAHRD HAHR tihd», adjective. without pity; cruel; unfeeling: »a hard hearted man who was cruel to most animals. SYNONYM(S): merciless. –hard´ heart´ed|ly, adverb. –hard´ heart´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 25hard-heart|ed — «HAHRD HAHR tihd», adjective. without pity; cruel; unfeeling: »a hard hearted man who was cruel to most animals. SYNONYM(S): merciless. –hard´ heart´ed|ly, adverb. –hard´ heart´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 26Hard-heartedness — Hard hearted Hard heart ed ( h[aum]rt [e^]d), a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. {Hard heart ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27hard-heartedly — hard hearted ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfeeling. DERIVATIVES hard heartedly adverb hard heartedness noun …

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  • 28hard-heartedness — hard hearted ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfeeling. DERIVATIVES hard heartedly adverb hard heartedness noun …

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  • 29hard|ened — «HAR duhnd», adjective. 1. made hard or hardy; indurated. 2. Figurative. made unfeeling or callous; hard hearted. SYNONYM(S): inured, obdurate …

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  • 30hard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. firm, rigid (see hardness); unsympathetic, unloving, unfriendly, callous; strenuous, difficult, puzzling; severe, serious, short, intensive. See insensibility. Ant., soft. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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