heartless
Syllables: heart·lessUK/ˈhɑːt.lɪs//ˈhɑɹt.lɪs/
heartless adjective: without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
Adjective
heartless (comparative more heartless, superlative most heartless)
- Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
- His heartless actions and cold manner left her saddened and feeling alone.
- The world is a dangerous, violent place […] and the only true refuge from this heartless world is the family.1982 August 14, Michael Bronski, “If You Hated The Book You'll Loathe The Movie”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 11
- Synonyms:
- cold-hearted, uncordial, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed, cruel, dour
- Without a physical heart.
- Synonyms:
- acardiac
- Listless, unenthusiastic.
- Near-synonyms: spiritless, unhearty
- Synonyms:
- spiritless, unhearty
- Without courage; fearful, cowardly.
- Cecilia then, though almost heartless, resolved upon talking with Mr. Harrel himself […].1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, II.iii.7
heartless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
heartless in Hindi
- without feeling
- निर्दयी nirdayī
heartless in Tamil
- இதயம் அற்றவர், இதயமில்லாதவர், நெஞ்சற்றவர்
heartless in Marathi
- हृदयहीन
heartless in Urdu
- بےدرد, بےحس, کٹھور, سخت دل, سنگدل, ظالم
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- heartless in Bengali
- নিষ্ঠুর, হৃদয়হীন, মমতাহীন
- heartless in Telugu
- హృదయరహితం, హృదయం లేనిది, హృదయంలేనిది
- heartless in Malayalam
- ക്രൂര, ധൈര്യമില്ലാത്ത, ചൈതന്യമില്ലാത്ത, നിർവ്വികാരനായ
- heartless in Kannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕರುಣಿಯಾದ, ಕ್ರೂರನಾದ, ನಿರ್ದಯ, ಹೃದಯಶೂನ್ಯ
- heartless in Punjabi
- ਦਿਲਹੀਣ, ਦਿਲਹੀਨ, ਦਿਲਹੀਣਾ
- heartless in Gujarati
- હૃદયશૂન્ય hŕdyaśūnya, હૈયાવિહોણું haiyāvihoṇũ
- heartless in Odia
- ହୃଦଯ଼ହୀନ
- heartless in Nepali
- हृदयहीन, हृदयविहीन
- heartless in Persian
- بیدل bidel
Examples of heartless in a sentence
- Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
- In the eyes of many Chinese, the boy was a heartless criminal who deserved to be punished.
- From Sussex in the UK came a ‘memo to the great heartless transplanter.
Synonyms of heartless
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Antonyms
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Forms of heartless
| comparative | more heartless |
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| superlative | most heartless |
Origin of heartless
From Middle English hertles, herteles, from Old English heortlēas (“without courage; listless”), equivalent to heart + -less. Cognate with German herzlos.
Words formed from heartless
Words that rhyme with heartless
Questions about heartless
- What does heartless mean?
- Heartless means without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
- What is heartless in Hindi?
- Heartless in Hindi is निर्दयी (nirdayī). See Heartless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heartless?
- Heartless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce heartless?
- Heartless is pronounced /ˈhɑːt.lɪs/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: heartless (page history and authors); heartless (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heartless (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heartless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Heartless (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heartless (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heartless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heartless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heartless (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); હૃદયશૂન્ય (Gujarati) (page history and authors); heartless (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heartless (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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