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English
Etymology
From hard + hearted.
Adjective
hardhearted (comparative more hardhearted, superlative most hardhearted)
- Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.
- Synonyms: flint-hearted, iron-hearted, stonehearted; see also Thesaurus:stern
- Antonym: softhearted
Derived terms
Translations
lacking in compassion
- Arabic: قَاسِي الْقَلْب (qāsī l-qalb), غَلِيظ الْقَلْب (ḡalīẓ al-qalb)
- Finnish: kovasydäminen (fi)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (daufs)
- Greek: σκληρόκαρδος (el) (sklirókardos)
- Ancient: σκληροκάρδιος (sklērokárdios)
- Hungarian: keményszívű (hu), kőszívű (hu), szívtelen (hu)
- Irish: cruachroíoch, fuarchroíoch, fuarchúiseach
- Persian: سنگدل (fa) (sangdel), سختدل (saxtdel)
- Plautdietsch: hoathoatich
- Romanian: insensibil (ro), nemilos (ro), aspru (ro)
- Sanskrit: कठोर (sa) (kaṭhora)
- Swedish: hårdhjärtad (sv)
- Tagalog: pusong-bato, pusong-bakal, matigas ang puso
- Turkish: katı yürekli (tr)
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References
- Noah Webster (1828) “hardhearted”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: In Two Volumes.">…], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe , →OCLC.
- “hardhearted”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "hardhearted" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)