coldheartedness

noun

as in heartlessness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coldheartedness
  1. heartlessness
  2. callousness
  3. indifference
  4. hard-heartedness
  5. cruelty
Noun
  • These young graduates start out naive about the heartlessness of the corporate world and harbor illusory hopes for success in unforgiving professions.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The lives of the two children in the story, aged fourteen and four, are portrayed as being as fleeting as the fireflies, and the story is an unsentimental and unflinching account with moments of both tenderness and heartlessness.
    — Ginny Tapley Takemori September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of heartlessness
Noun
  • The jury further determined that the crimes involved a threat of great bodily harm and demonstrated a high degree of cruelty, viciousness or callousness, the district attorney's office said.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Hantz was turning callousness into spectacle and many viewers were hungry for it.
    — Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
Definition of callousness
Noun
  • The decades of societal and political indifference have been costly.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 July 2026
  • If the season ended today, the Marlins, despite their profound indifference to winning or losing, would be in the playoffs.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of indifference
Noun
  • Tarr's reputation for films tinged with misery and hard-heartedness, distinguished by black-and-white cinematography and unusually long sequences, only grew throughout the 1990s and 2000s, particularly after his 1994 film Sátántangó.
    — Alina Edwards, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026
Definition of hard-heartedness
Noun
  • The man turned himself in and was charged with misdemeanor breaking and entering, and misdemeanor cruelty to animals, according to court documents.
    — Mark Price July 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
  • In cases of cruelty and mistreatment, they can be considered victims and not things, which radically changes the way the future of animals is defined.
    — Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of cruelty
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“Coldheartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coldheartedness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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