heartless
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++heart·less /ˈhɑːtləs $ ˈhɑːrt-/ adjective CRUELcruel and not feeling any pity 无情的，冷酷的 How can you be so heartless? 你怎么能如此无情呢？► see thesaurus at cruel —heartlessly adverb —heartlessness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
heartless• In his autobiography, he portrays his father as cold and heartless.• Todd's father was cold and heartless.• It is not that I am heartless.• Soon he begins to get angry at the people involved in the incident for being so careless or so heartless.• This was not so heartless as it might seem.• She'd tell him a few home truths about his condescending, heartless, authoritarian attitude.• People in Acra and Catskill told these stories when the papers said Jack was a heartless killer.• She was a heartless, money-grabbing woman who made her fortune from the misery and desperation of others.• His reputation already in jeopardy, Young further offended gentiles with what they thought was his most heartless scheme.• You've assigned me the role of heartless villain financier, obsessed with money, wealth, and luxury.heart·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
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heartless
heart‧less /ˈhɑːtləs $ ˈhɑːrt-/
adjective
How can you be so heartless?
—heartlessly adverb
—heartlessness noun [uncountable]
▪ cruel deliberately hurting people or making them suffer: It was cruel to lock him in there all day. | Her father had been very cruel to her when she was a child. | a cruel, selfish woman
▪heartless not feeling any pity and not caring about other people or their problems: How could you be so heartless! | He was cold and heartless and had no concern for the welfare of his employees.
▪sadistic getting pleasure from making other people suffer: a sadistic killer | a sadistic thing to do
▪barbaric extremely cruel, in a way that shocks people: a barbaric punishment | a barbaric sport
▪vicious very violent and cruel, especially by suddenly attacking someone and causing injury to them: a vicious attack on an innocent man | Some dogs can be vicious.
▪brutal very cruel and violent, in a way that shows no human feelings: a brutal dictator | the brutal methods used by the secret police
▪inhumane inhumane conditions, treatment etc are not considered acceptable because they cause too much suffering: the inhumane treatment of prisoners
▪cold-blooded a cold-blooded murder, attack etc is done without showing any feeling or pity for the person who is attacked. A cold-blooded killer kills people without showing any pity: a woman 's cold-blooded murder of her devoted husband | a cold-blooded psychopath
heart‧less /ˈhɑːtləs $ ˈhɑːrt-/
adjective Word Family: adjective: heartened ≠ disheartened, heartening ≠ disheartening, heartless, hearty; noun: heart, heartlessness, heartiness; adverb: heartily, heartlessly, hearteningly ≠ dishearteningly; verb: hearten ≠ dishearten
cruel and not feeling any pity: —heartlessly adverb
—heartlessness noun [uncountable]
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