hard-hearted

adjective

hard-heart·​ed ˈhärd-ˈhär-təd 

: lacking in sympathetic understanding : unfeeling, pitiless

hard-heartedly adverb

hard-heartedness noun

Synonyms

• affectless
• callous
• case-hardened
• cold-blooded
• compassionless
• desensitized
• hard
• hard-boiled
• heartless
• indurate
• inhuman
• inhumane
• insensate
• insensitive
• ironhearted
• merciless
• obdurate
• pachydermatous
• pitiless
• remorseless
• ruthless
• slash-and-burn
• soulless
• stony
• stoney
• stonyhearted
• take-no-prisoners
• thick-skinned
• uncharitable
• unfeeling
• unmerciful
• unsparing
• unsympathetic

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

hard-hearted

adjective

hard-heart·​ed

-ˈhärt-əd

: unfeeling sense 2, pitiless

hard-heartedly adverb

hard-heartedness noun