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Word entry · 9 letters

heartless

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"Cruel"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɑːt.lɪs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeehlrsstStarts with HEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

Word origin

From Middle English hertles, herteles, from Old English heortlēas (“without courage; listless”), equivalent to heart + -less. Cognate with German herzlos.

Used in a sentence

  • His heartless actions and cold manner left her saddened and feeling alone.
  • The world is a dangerous, violent place […] and the only true refuge from this heartless world is the family.
  • It's safer to be heartless than mindless. The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless.

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