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Definition of heartless:
Synonyms:
pachydermatous, inconsiderate, truculent, spiritless, take-no-prisoners, brutal, ironhearted, soulless, indurate, thoughtless, unkind, brute, fiendish, hard-hearted, insensible, vicious, cruel, inhuman, slash-and-burn, stonyhearted, uncharitable, attitude, desensitized, unthinking, flinty, pitiless, impersonal, obdurate, high-handed, insensate, affectless, butcherly, stony, unsparing, shameless, hardhearted, heavy-handed, sadistic, undiplomatic, inhumane, case-hardened, barbaric, remorseless, thick-skinned, unmerciful, savage, wanton, compassionless, barbarous, merciless, cold-hearted, atrocious.
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insensitive (part of speech: adjective)
- callous,
- hardhearted,
- hardened,
- insensitive,
- hard,
- stony,
- dispassionate,
- nonchalant,
- indifferent,
- passionless,
- uncompassionate,
- detached,
- unfeeling,
- ruthless,
- aloof,
- objective,
- cold-blooded,
- unsympathetic,
- passive,
- cool,
- blunt,
- anesthetized,
- tough,
- unconcerned,
- numb,
- unemotional,
- emotionless,
- apathetic,
- hard-boiled
Usage examples:
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He had to tell it to me four times and then write it down, for the way he handled his words was positively heartless.
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Perhaps she has mistaken them herself: but she is not heartless; and above all, there is no seeming about her."
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Anna tried to shield the heartless 'Lina, never dreaming how much more than herself Adah knew of 'Lina Worthington.