heartless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for heartless
Synonyms
affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, obdurate, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, stony (also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympathetic
Antonyms
charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted
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Animal rights advocates moved their rook, holding signs that paint horse racing as heartless and sinister. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Protests, counter-protests at Del Mar show horse racing finally paying attention," 22 Aug. 2019 Court records describe Taylor’s crimes as methodical and heartless. — Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, "Mistake forces state to call off plans to execute triple-murderer," 15 Aug. 2019 This heartless play for power is unforgiveable and has offended the Patterson family. — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, "L. Brooks Patterson's family blasts Democrats for 'heartless power play'," 3 Aug. 2019 The most poignant story line follows Daniel (Russell Tovey), one of the four adult Lyons siblings, who has fallen in love with a Ukrainian refugee, Viktor (Maxim Baldry), who is facing a heartless removal. — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Years and Years’ is TV’s most haunting show," 25 July 2019 For every awful person who was behind these heartless policies, there are a lot of everyday Americans who are fighting back. — Laura Dern, Marie Claire, "Laura Dern in Conversation With Mónica RamÃrez About the Border Crisis," 28 June 2019 Musicians are not unique here: In the years since the Reagan administration, a reveling in what used to be called heartless materialism has become de rigueur. — Scott Timberg, Vox, "How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality," 30 July 2018 Just wanted to let this heartless driver know she was absolutely devastated. — Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, "Tainted: On Sunday afternoon, north of Deer Park, you hit a chocolate lab and didn’t bother to stop," 15 June 2019 Or heartless: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos paid meager wages until a tight labor market forced him to raise them. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, "Think You’re Smarter Than Your Boss?," 14 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'heartless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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