Cold-hearted

Quick meaning: Cold-hearted is an adjective meaning Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.

Meaning

Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.

Example Sentences

“Oh, Ellen, can’t you stop sneezing!” / “Colder-hearted than a Toad, that boy is!” observed Ellen to her handkerchief. “As if I did it for choice! A-tishoo!”

Philip was not a spoiled child, I admit. But his parents did their duty by him, as they have done by us all! Our interests have been, through life, their first object; and they have sought no other than domestic pleasures. But even were it otherwise, is a child to calculate its filial duty as though the mere repayment of a debt?—Dearest Mrs. Saville,—Philip is colder-hearted than a stone!

She walked to the front office and saw the body of Harry Knapp. / Mrs. Streeter gazed down upon the corpse for several seconds. “Miserable scum. Good riddance, I say. Look how he’s making a bloody mess of the floor. Like I didn’t have anything better to do than clean up this place.” / Eden returned to Brad and whispered, “That’s the coldest-hearted woman I’ve ever met. It’s a wonder the sheriff doesn’t freeze to death living with her.”

Word Forms

• colder-hearted
• coldest-hearted
• coldhearted

Synonyms for cold-hearted

Depending on context, synonyms include alexithymic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include callous, insensitive, oblivious, uncaring, numb, unmoved.

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