Antonyms for hard-hearted
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : hahrd-hahr-tid |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˈhɑr tɪd |
- affected
- amenable
- anxious
- ashamed
- calm
- caring
- changed
- charitable
- civilized
- compassionate
- concerned
- considerate
- curious
- decent
- demonstrative
- easy
- emotional
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- excitable
- feeling
- flexible
- forgiving
- friendly
- gentle
- giving
- good
- guilty
- helpful
- humane
- interested
- involved
- kind
- lively
- merciful
- mild
- moral
- moved
- nervous
- nice
- nonviolent
- passionate
- peaceful
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polite
- refined
- remorseful
- responsive
- sad
- sensitive
- sociable
- sophisticated
- sorry
- submissive
- susceptible
- sympathetic
- tame
- tender
- thoughtful
- uncruel
- unnatural
- unnerved
- untired
- warm
- warm-blooded
- warm-hearted
- warmhearted
- yielding
Definition of hard-hearted
Origin :- also hardhearted, "obdurate, unfeeling," late 12c. (implied in heard-heortnesse "hard-heartedness"); from hard + hearted. Sometimes in Middle English also meaning "bold, courageous" (15c.). Related: Hard-heartedly; hard-heartedness. Hard-heart "hard-hearted person" was in late Old English.
- As in obdurate : adj pigheaded, stubborn
- As in remorseless : adj without guilt in spite of wrongdoing
- As in ruthless : adj mean, heartless
- As in unaffected : adj unchanged, unmoved
- As in unconcerned : adj carefree; apathetic
- As in unemotional : adj not responsive
- As in uninterested : adj oblivious to
- As in unkind : adj not nice
- As in stonyhearted : adj cold-blooded
- As in cold-blooded : adj cruel, heartless
- As in cold-hearted : adj unfeeling
- As in cruel : adj vicious, pitiless; causing pain
- As in aloof : adj remote
- As in heartless : adj without feeling; cold
- Sure nobody had ever so insolent, so hard-hearted a brother, as I have!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Now the hard-hearted Bella interlards her speech with invective!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- But it brought no solace to the mind of the weak, hard-hearted, and guilty son.
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- She was a stern, austere, hard-hearted woman, whom nobody loved.
- Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
- Then you must collect your debt, as other hard-hearted creditors do—by force.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various
- If to be hard-hearted were a virtue, the best man there was Dillaway.
- Extract from : « Heart » by Martin Farquhar Tupper
- It was no joke to her, whatever it might be to her hard-hearted young sisters.
- Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
- And our hard-hearted rulers, with all their pride, can they subsist without us?
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
- You are not half as hard-hearted as you would have me think.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower
- No human being could have, she thought, even the most hard-hearted.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
Synonyms for hard-hearted
- above
- adamant
- along for the ride
- aloof
- apart
- apathetic
- atrocious
- avaricious
- barbarous
- bestial
- bitter
- blah
- blasé
- blind
- blithe
- bloodthirsty
- bloody
- bored
- bored stiff
- brutal
- brutish
- bullhead
- callous
- calm
- careless
- casual
- chill
- chilly
- cold
- cold fish
- cold-blooded
- cold-hearted
- coldhearted
- compassionless
- cool
- could care less
- cruel
- cutthroat
- deadpan
- deaf
- degenerate
- demoniac
- depraved
- detached
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- distant
- dog-eat-dog
- dogged
- easy
- easy-going
- emotionless
- evil
- excruciating
- feckless
- feral
- ferocious
- fierce
- firm
- fixed
- flat
- flinty
- forbidding
- forgetful
- frigid
- glacial
- going through motions
- going with the flow
- greedy
- grim
- hanging tough
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- hardened
- hardhearted
- harsh
- hateful
- haughty
- heartless
- heedless
- hellish
- immovable
- impassive
- impenitent
- imperturbable
- impervious
- implacable
- inattentive
- inconsiderate
- incurious
- indifferent
- indurate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensible
- insensitive
- insouciant
- intolerant
- iron
- ironfisted
- killer
- lackadaisical
- laid back
- laid-back
- listless
- lone wolf
- loner
- lukewarm
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- marble
- matter-of-fact
- mean
- merciless
- monstrous
- mortal
- mulish
- murderous
- nasty
- negligent
- neutral
- nonchalant
- not influenced
- obdurate
- oblivious
- obstinate
- offish
- on ice
- painful
- passionless
- pernicious
- perverse
- phlegmatic
- pitiless
- poignant
- proof
- putting on airs
- quiet
- rancorous
- relaxed
- relentless
- remorseless
- remote
- reserved
- reticent
- revengeful
- rigid
- rigorous
- rolling with the punches
- ruthless
- sadistic
- sanguinary
- savage
- secluded
- self-centered
- serene
- set in stone
- severe
- shameless
- sinful
- solitary
- sour
- spiteful
- standoffish
- steady
- steely
- stern
- stiff-necked
- stony
- stony-hearted
- stuck up
- supercilious
- supine
- surly
- thick-skinned
- thoughtless
- tough
- tough nut to crack
- turned off
- tyrannical
- unaltered
- unappeasable
- unapproachable
- unbending
- unbothered
- uncaring
- uncharitable
- uncompassionate
- uncompromising
- unconcerned
- uncontrite
- uncooperative
- uncurious
- undemonstrative
- unemotional
- unexcitable
- unexcited
- unfeeling
- unforgiving
- unfriendly
- unimpressed
- unimpressible
- unimpressionable
- uninfluenced
- uninterested
- uninvolved
- unkind
- unloving
- unmerciful
- unmoved
- unnatural
- unperturbed
- unregenerate
- unrelenting
- unremitting
- unrepenting
- unresponsive
- unruffled
- unshakable
- unsociable
- unstirred
- unsympathetic
- untouched
- untroubled
- unworried
- unyielding
- uppity
- vengeful
- vicious
- vindictive
- virulent
- weary
- wicked
- withdrawn
- without pity
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