"heartless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɑɹt.lɪs/ [General-American], /ˈhɑːt.lɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-heartless.ogg Forms: more heartless [comparative], most heartless [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tlɪs Etymology: From Middle English hertles, herteles, from Old English heortlēas (“without courage; listless”), equivalent to heart + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hertles}} Middle English hertles, {{inh|en|ang|heortlēas|t=without courage; listless}} Old English heortlēas (“without courage; listless”), {{af|en|heart|-less}} heart + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} heartless (comparative more heartless, superlative most heartless)
  1. Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: cold-hearted, uncordial, stern Translations (without feeling): ἄστοργος (ástorgos) (Ancient Greek), безсърдечен (bezsǎrdečen) (Bulgarian), 殘忍 (Chinese Mandarin), 残忍 (cánrěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 無情 (Chinese Mandarin), 无情 (wúqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), hjerteløs (Danish), senkora (Esperanto), sydämetön (Finnish), sans-cœur (French), herzlos (German), άκαρδος (ákardos) (Greek), szívtelen (Hungarian), 無情 (mujō) (alt: むじょう) (Japanese), insensibilis (Latin), socors (Latin), бездушен (bezdušen) (Macedonian), hjerteløs (Norwegian), بیدل (bidel) (Persian), bez serca (Polish), bezduszny (Polish), bezserdeczny [dated] (Polish), sem coração (Portuguese), бессерде́чный (besserdéčnyj) (Russian), безду́шный (bezdúšnyj) (Russian), bezcitný (Slovak), cruel (Spanish), desalmado (Spanish), hjärtlös (Swedish), безсерде́чний (bezserdéčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-heartless-en-adj-en:uncaring_or_cruel Disambiguation of Personality: 41 5 3 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 24 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 24 22 26 28 Disambiguation of 'without feeling': 54 21 1 24
  2. Without a physical heart. Synonyms: acardiac
    Sense id: en-heartless-en-adj-en:acardiac Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 24 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 24 22 26 28
  3. (now rare) Listless, unenthusiastic. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-heartless-en-adj-en:unenthusiastic Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 24 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 24 22 26 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 25 36 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 23 31 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 21 36 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 24 22 34 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 20 35 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 23 17 43 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 21 40 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 19 36 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 21 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 20 38 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 22 36 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 20 36 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 21 40 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 20 21 40 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 21 19 40 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 21 38 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 22 20 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 22 20 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 20 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 22 35 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 21 40 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 22 20 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 19 44 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 19 36 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 20 37 21
  4. (obsolete) Without courage; fearful, cowardly. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: spineless, gutless, unhearty, cowardly
    Sense id: en-heartless-en-adj-en:uncourageous Disambiguation of Personality: 41 5 3 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 24 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 24 22 26 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heartlessly, heartlessness
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          "text": "Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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          "ref": "1982 August 14, Michael Bronski, “If You Hated The Book You'll Loathe The Movie”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 11:",
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          "ref": "2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in The A.V. Club:",
          "text": "Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.",
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          "word": "uncordial"
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      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "безсърдечен"
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      "word": "殘忍"
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    {
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      "roman": "cánrěn",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "残忍"
    },
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      "sense": "without feeling",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúqíng",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "无情"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "hjerteløs"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "senkora"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "sydämetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "sans-cœur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "herzlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ákardos",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "άκαρδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ástorgos",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "ἄστοργος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "szívtelen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mujō",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "無情"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "insensibilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "socors"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bezdušen",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "бездушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "hjerteløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bidel",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "بیدل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "bez serca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "bezduszny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "bezserdeczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "sem coração"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besserdéčnyj",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "бессерде́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdúšnyj",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "безду́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "bezcitný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "cruel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "desalmado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "hjärtlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezserdéčnyj",
      "sense": "without feeling",
      "word": "безсерде́чний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heartless"
}

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