ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cruel-heartedness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cruel-heartedness is a noun meaning The quality of being cruel-hearted; lack of compassion and kindness.

Meaning

The quality of being cruel-hearted; lack of compassion and kindness.

Example Sentences

More tragical and more inscrutably mysterious than any mystic sight, human or machine, throughout the factory, was the strange innocence of cruel-heartedness in this usage-hardened boy.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cruelheartedness, cruelness, callousness, cold-heartedness, compassionlessness, cruelty.

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