hard-hearted adj

hard-hearted adj
[ˌhɒːd'hɒːtɪd]
che non si lascia commuovere, dal cuore duro

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  • 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

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