Meaning

4 senses
  1. Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.

    His heartless actions and cold manner left her saddened and feeling alone.

    herzlos

    бессерде́чныйbesserdéčnyj, безду́шныйbezdúšnyj

    безсерде́чнийbezserdéčnyj

  2. Without a physical heart.

  3. (archaic)Listless, unenthusiastic.

    Near-synonyms: spiritless, unhearty

  4. (obsolete)Without courage; fearful, cowardly.

    devoid of courage or enthusiasm

Examples

54 sentences
  1. I don't think you're heartless.

    Я не думаю, що ти безсердечний.

    ruЯ не думаю, что ты бессердечный.

    deIch halte dich nicht für herzlos.

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  2. How can you be so heartless?

    ruКак ты можешь быть таким бессердечным?

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  3. How could Tom be so heartless?

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  4. How can Tom be so heartless?

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  5. I don't think that you're heartless.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
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Русский
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without feeling:
Deutsch
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without feeling:

Origin

From Middle English hertles, herteles, from Old English heortlēas (“without courage; listl

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

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Forms

more heartless, most heartless
Comparativemore heartless Lesson
Superlativemost heartless Lesson

regular

Synonyms

108 synonyms

Antonyms

54 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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