hardhearted

See also: hard-hearted

English

Alternative forms

• hard-hearted

Etymology

From hard +‎ hearted.

Adjective

hardhearted (comparative more hardhearted, superlative most hardhearted)

1. Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

   Synonyms: flint-hearted, iron-hearted, stonehearted; see also Thesaurus:stern

   Antonym: softhearted

   • 2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR‎:

     Some hardhearted souls may even question whether small acts of kindness really matter. Spoiler alert: They do!

Derived terms

• hardheartedly
• hardheartedness

Related terms

• hardheaded
• heart of stone

Translations

lacking in compassion

Arabic: قَاسِي الْقَلْب (qāsī l-qalb), غَلِيظ الْقَلْب (ḡalīẓ al-qalb) Finnish: kovasydäminen (fi) Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (daufs) Greek: σκληρόκαρδος (el) (sklirókardos) Ancient: σκληροκάρδιος (sklērokárdios) Hungarian: keményszívű (hu), kőszívű (hu), szívtelen (hu) Irish: cruachroíoch, fuarchroíoch, fuarchúiseach Persian: سنگدل (fa) (sangdel), سختدل (saxtdel) Plautdietsch: hoathoatich Romanian: insensibil (ro), nemilos (ro), aspru (ro) Sanskrit: कठोर (sa) (kaṭhora) Swedish: hårdhjärtad (sv) Tagalog: pusong-bato, pusong-bakal, matigas ang puso Turkish: katı yürekli (tr)

References

• Noah Webster (1828), “hardhearted”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• “hardhearted”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "hardhearted" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)