hardhearted
hardhearted adjective: lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.
Adjective
hardhearted (comparative more hardhearted or harderhearted, superlative most hardhearted or hardesthearted)
- Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.
- Some hardhearted souls may even question whether small acts of kindness really matter. Spoiler alert: They do!2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR
- Synonyms:
- flint-hearted, iron-hearted, stonehearted, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed, cruel
- Antonyms:
- softhearted
hardhearted meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Tagalog
hardhearted in Hindi
- lacking in compassion
- पत्थरदिल patthardil
hardhearted in Tamil
- கன்னெஞ்சன்
hardhearted in Sanskrit
- lacking in compassion
- कठोर kaṭhora
hardhearted in Tagalog
- lacking in compassion
- pusong-bato, pusong-bakal, matigas ang puso
More languagesFewer languages
- hardhearted in Arabic
- قَاسِي الْقَلْب qāsī l-qalb, غَلِيظ الْقَلْب ḡalīẓ al-qalb
- hardhearted in Persian
- سنگدل sangdel, سختدل saxtdel
Synonyms of hardhearted
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Antonyms
Forms of hardhearted
| comparative | more hardhearted |
|---|---|
| comparative | harderhearted |
| superlative | most hardhearted |
| superlative | hardesthearted |
| alternative form | hard-hearted |
Origin of hardhearted
From hard + hearted.
Words formed from hardhearted
Questions about hardhearted
- What does hardhearted mean?
- Hardhearted means lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.
- What is hardhearted in Hindi?
- Hardhearted in Hindi is पत्थरदिल (patthardil). See Hardhearted meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hardhearted?
- Hardhearted is an adjective.
Words near hardhearted in the dictionary
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