heartlessness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- an absence of concern for the welfare of othersSynonyms: coldheartednesshardheartednessType of unconcernKinds cruelty, mercilessness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“heartlessness” is listed under Heartless.
Heart′less adjective
1. Without a heart.
You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom.— John Webster
2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground.— John Dryden
Heartless and melancholy.— W. Irwing.
3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. “The heartless parasites.” George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron
— Heart′wb-a1′>′less·ly, adverb — Heart′wb-a1′>′less·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54