Hard-hearted

Synonyms for "hard-hearted" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)

adamantine bloody-minded dogged hardheaded

Strong matches (6)

Adjective(6 words)

immovable intransigent irrefragable obdurate obstinate obstreperous

Related words (9)

Adjective(9 words)

peevish refractory rigid staunch sullen thwart tough unyielding wayward

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hard-heartedly hard-heartedness

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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Even the hard-hearted can be moved to tears.

Source: tatoeba (20066)

He was a very hard-hearted man, for he could not bear poor people, and if he caught sight of a beggar anywhere near his house, he would order the servants to drive him away, or would set the dogs at him.

Source: tatoeba (4597478)

Who is so hard-hearted that he is not moved by this film?

Source: tatoeba (5257471)

The politicians who made these cuts in social welfare must be hard-hearted grinches.

Source: tatoeba (7255423)

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