- hard-hearted adj
- [ˌhɒːd'hɒːtɪd]
che non si lascia commuovere, dal cuore duro
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
hard-hearted — (adj.) also hardhearted, obdurate, unfeeling, late 12c. (implied in heard heortnesse hard heartedness ); from HARD (Cf. hard) + HEARTED (Cf. hearted). Sometimes in Middle English also meaning bold, courageous (15c.). Related: Hard heartedly; hard … Etymology dictionary
hard-hearted — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as hard hearted, you disapprove of the fact that they have no sympathy for other people and do not care if people are hurt or made unhappy. You would have to be pretty hard hearted not to feel… … English dictionary
hard-hearted — [ˌhɑːd ˈhɑːtɪd] adj someone who is hard hearted has no sympathy for other people … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hard-hearted — adj unfeeling, hard, cold, frigid, un merciful, pitiless, implacable; callous, marble hearted, fell, flinty, stony, indurated; aloof, distant, disdainful, stiff; insentient, impervious, indifferent, unsusceptible; untouched, unmoved, unstirred,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hard-hearted — adj. unfeeling, unsympathetic. Derivatives: hard heartedly adv. hard heartedness n … Useful english dictionary
hard-hearted — hard heart|ed [ˌha:d ˈha:tıd US ˌha:rd ˈha:r ] adj not caring about other people s feelings … Dictionary of contemporary English
hard-hearted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cruel, pitiless, ruthless, merciless, uncompassionate, callous, unsympathetic, tough, hard as nails (inf.). See insensibility. Ant., warm or softhearted. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cold,… … English dictionary for students
hard — adj 1. firm, solid, solidified, compact, condensed, close, compressed, pressed; flinty, stony, rocky, steely, concrete, hardened, petrified, stonelike, rocklike, glassy, lithoid, marblelike, granitelike; strong, substantial, stout, fixed, stable … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hard-bitten — adj 1. tough, hard, stubborn, strong willed; rigid, uncompromising, hard shell; obstinate, bullet headed, obdurate, pertinacious, mulish; headstrong, opinionated, pig headed. 2. casehardened, hardened, inured, thick skinned, insensitive,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hard-handed — adj oppressive, tyrannical, cruel, harsh, brutal, ruthless, heartless; bloodthirsty, savage, barbarous, bestial, brutish, pitiless, inhuman, merciless, unmerciful, hard hearted; dictatorial, despotic, ironhanded, overbearing, coercive,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. firm, rigid (see hardness); unsympathetic, unloving, unfriendly, callous; strenuous, difficult, puzzling; severe, serious, short, intensive. See insensibility. Ant., soft. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… … English dictionary for students