It is heartless of him to say so.
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Heartless
//ˈhɑːt.lɪs//
Synonyms for "heartless" (315 found)
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Closest matches (63)
Strong matches (95)
Adjective(29 words)
crueldasheddeadlydejecteddepresseddesensitizeddespairingdespondentdespondingdetacheddiscourageddishearteneddisinteresteddispassionatedispiriteddog-eat-dogdowndown in the mouthdowncastdownhearted
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droopingdroopydruggeddullemotionally deademotionlessfeeling lowflintheartedflintyfrigidfrostedfrostyfrozengritlessgutlesshardhard heartedhard of hearthard-boiledhardenedharshhebetudinoushopelesshypochondriachypochondriacalicyimmovableimpassibleimpassivein a stuporin low spiritsin the depthsin the doldrumsin the dumpsinclementindifferentinduratedinexcitableinexorableinhumaninhumaneinsensitiveinsouciantinsusceptibleinured
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (157)
Adjective(68 words)
jadedkiasilackadaisicallanguorouslily-liveredliver-facedliver-heartedlotophagouslow-heartedlukewarmmichingmilk-liveredmilkymopeymouse-heartedmousynervelessnidderingnideringniding
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nithingnonplussednutlesspigeon-liveredpococurantepoltroonishpoor-spiritedpunkpusillanimouspussylikerabbit-heartedratlikerecrayedremissretromingentrigorousrockheartedseveresissyspinelessspiritlesssternstoneheartedstonystonyheartedstricttepidtimidtimoroustorpedinoustoughunarouseduncordialunenthusiasticunflappableunimpressibleunlivelyunmovedunsympatheticuntouchedunzealousvengeableweak-kneedwhite-heartedwhite-liveredwimpishyellowyellow-bellied
languidlanguishinglaodiceanlethargiclistlesslost to shamelowlow spiritedlow-spiritedmercilessnonchalantnonemotionalnumbnumbedobdurateobjectiveobtuseolympianout of touchpassionless
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passivepessimisticphlegmaticpiningpitilessplucklessrelentlessremorselessresignedruthlesssanguinarysavagesearedself-absorbedshamelessslacksluggishsoporificsoullessspunklessstoicstonyheartedstupefiedsubduedsuicidalsupinetorpidunaffectionateunblushinguncaringuncompassionateuncompassionedunconcerneduncourageousundaringunemotionalunfeelingunforgivingungallantunheroicunimpassionedunimpressionableuninterestedunintrepidunkindunlovingunmercifulunnaturalunpassionateunpitifulunpityingunremorsefulunrespondingunresponsiveunsoldierlikeunsoldierlyunsusceptibleunsympatheticunsympathizinguntouchableunvaliantunvalorousunyieldingweary of lifewithdrawnwithout mercywoebegoneworld wearyworld-weary
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Synonyms
2 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄστοργος adj (without feeling)
Bulgarian
1 entries- безсърдечен adj (without feeling)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 殘忍 /残忍 adj (without feeling)
- 無情 /无情 adj (without feeling)
Danish
1 entries- hjerteløs adj (without feeling)
Esperanto
1 entries- senkora adj (without feeling)
Finnish
1 entries- sydämetön adj (without feeling)
French
1 entries- sans-cœur adj (without feeling)
German
1 entries- herzlos adj (without feeling)
Greek
1 entries- άκαρδος adj (without feeling)
Hindi
1 entries- निर्दयी adj (without feeling)
Hungarian
1 entries- szívtelen adj (without feeling)
Japanese
1 entries- 無情 adj (without feeling)
Latin
2 entries- insensibilis adj (without feeling)
- socors adj (without feeling)
Macedonian
1 entries- бездушен adj (without feeling)
Māori
2 entries- ngākaukore adj (without feeling)
- tītonga adj (without feeling)
Norwegian
1 entries- hjerteløs adj (without feeling)
Persian
1 entries- بیدل adj (without feeling)
Polish
3 entries- bez serca adj (without feeling)
- bezduszny adj (without feeling)
- bezserdeczny adj (without feeling)
Portuguese
1 entries- sem coração adj (without feeling)
Russian
2 entries- безду́шный adj (without feeling)
- бессерде́чный adj (without feeling)
Slovak
1 entries- bezcitný adj (without feeling)
Spanish
2 entries- cruel adj (without feeling)
- desalmado adj (without feeling)
Swedish
1 entries- hjärtlös adj (without feeling)
Ukrainian
1 entries- безсерде́чний adj (without feeling)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He is so heartless.
Source: tatoeba (71992)
It was heartless of him to say such a thing to the sick man.
Source: tatoeba (318474)
She's cruel and heartless.
Source: tatoeba (1851479)
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