Synonyms
- affectless
- callous
- case-hardened
- cold-blooded
- compassionless
- desensitized
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- 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
Examples of heartless in a Sentence
a heartless boss who would fire people for missing work, even if they were sick as a dog
a heartless enemy that takes no prisoners
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The latter two are quickly put off by the aggressive, greedy, and heartless nature in which the men want to move forward in regard to the ranch's doomed future.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Wilson plays Maitlis as a tough but certainly not heartless interviewer, showing the conflicts the trusted journalist encounters.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
In reality, these bans are heartless half-measures in a city that lacks enough shelter space or transitional housing for the roughly 6,600 people experiencing homelessness in Austin.
—Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman, 16 Jan. 2024
Meredith Hagner — so great at playing dumb on Search Party — is a riot as the much younger grieving widow, joined by Michelle Monaghan as an erratic old flame of Yancy’s, Rob Delaney as a heartless resort developer and Zach Braff as a pill-popping doctor.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Wilson plays Maitlis as a tough but certainly not heartless interviewer, showing the conflicts the trusted journalist encounters.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
In reality, these bans are heartless half-measures in a city that lacks enough shelter space or transitional housing for the roughly 6,600 people experiencing homelessness in Austin.
—Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman, 16 Jan. 2024
Meredith Hagner — so great at playing dumb on Search Party — is a riot as the much younger grieving widow, joined by Michelle Monaghan as an erratic old flame of Yancy’s, Rob Delaney as a heartless resort developer and Zach Braff as a pill-popping doctor.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Heartless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartless. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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