heartlessnessn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːtləsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrtləsnəs/

Forms: see heartless adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: heartless adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < heartless adj. + -ness suffix.

1. Lack of enthusiasm, energy, or commitment; dejection, listlessness, apathy. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]

unlustOE

sorrowfulnessa1250

heavinessc1275

elengenessec1320

dullnessc1369

tristourc1380

murknessc1390

tristesse1390

faintness1398

ungladnessa1400

droopingc1400

heavity14..

dejectionc1450

terne?a1513

disconsolation1515

descence1526

marea1529

sadness?1537

dumpishness1548

unblessedness1549

dolorousness1553

ruefulness?1574

dolefulness1586

heartlessness1591

languishment1591

mopishness1598

soul-sickness1603

contristation1605

damp1606

gloominess1607

sableness1607

uncheerfulnessa1617

disconsolateness1624

cheerlessnessa1631

dejectedness1633

droopingness1635

disanimation1637

lowness1639

desponsion1641

disconsolacy1646

despondency1653

dispiritedness1654

chagrin1656

demission1656

jawfall1660

weightedness1660

depression1665

disconsolancy1665

grumness1675

despondence1676

despond1678

disheartenednessa1680

glumness1727

low1727

gloom1744

low-spiritedness1754

blue devils1756

black dog1776

humdudgeon1785

blue devilism1787

dispiritude1797

wishtnessc1800

downheartedness1801

blue-devilage1816

dispiritment1827

downcastness1827

depressiveness1832

dolorosity1835

lugubriosity1840

disconsolance1847

down1856

heavy-heartedness1860

lugubriousness1879

sullenness1885

low key1886

melancholia1896

burn-out1903

mokus1924

downness1927

mopiness1927

deflation1933

wallow1934

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Descorazinamiento Heartlesnesse..sluggishnesse.

1647 Bp. J. Hall Christ Mysticall 56 A disconsolate heartlesnesse, and a sad dejection of spirit.

1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man i. §39. 19 The common backwardness; and unwillingness of men to come to these [prayers]; and their negligence, and heartlesness, when they are at them.

a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) viii. 199 In the former two [fasts] there was nothing but tugging and heartlessness; in both the latter, there was something of the spirit of prayer.

1794 T. Webster 14 Evangelical Serm. vii. 84 It [sc. sin] drives you back into your wonted heartlessness and despondency, and impairs the vigour of your supplications and of your hopes.

1833 M. M. Sherwood Nun v. 121 It would be but a fatiguing repetition to describe more of our ceremonies; there is a sameness and heartlessness in them.

1900 Ipswich Jrnl. 4 Aug. 3/7 In hopeless cases there is want of will-power and utter heartlessness.

2003 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 28 Mar. 20 He may think that harsh talking is a good strategy to bulldoze his teammates out of what he probably brands as their state of apathy and ‘heartlessness’.

2. Lack of feeling; callous cruelty. Also occasionally: lack of genuine feeling, insincerity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun]

crueltyc1230

unfeelingness1398

cruelnessa1400

callum?1440

cruelc1440

crudelity1483

hard-heartedness1577

callosity1614

callousness1653

stony-heartedness1673

callus1683

heartlessness1701

cold-heartedness1850

unsympathy1856

cold-bloodedness1878

inhumanism1907

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness

induration1493

indurateness1537

induritness1558

hardenedness1571

stoniness1571

hard-heartedness1577

apathy1603

indolence1603

dedolence1606

flintiness1607

dedolencya1617

searedness1620

callosity1628

indolencya1631

brawnedness1631

calluma1640

atrocity1641

dead-heartedness1642

brawninessa1645

callousness1653

stony-heartedness1673

petrification1678

unsolicitousnessa1683

callus1683

heartlessness1701

petrifaction1722

unreckingness1873

Gradgrindery1920

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun]

rethenesseOE

crueltyc1230

cruelnessa1400

savagenessa1400

cruelc1440

crudelity1483

savagec1487

savagerya1616

reluctationa1625

fellness1678

heartlessness1891

1701 W. Nicholls Duty Inferiours towards Superiours ii. 12 This should be a Shame to many of this Nation, to see among us so much Coldness and Heartlessness of Affection.

1740 ‘Sophia’ Woman's Superior Excellence over Man 29 Nothing surely but an extremity of savage heartlessness could induce this gentleman to argue as he does.

1844 J. W. Kaye Peregrine Pultuney II. vi. 106 The flippancy, the heartlessness, the insincerity, the utter absence of all serious and ennobling thought.

1891 Leeds Mercury 25 May 5/2 There..cannot be the shadow of excuse for the heartlessness of the atrocity.

1928 Sunday Express 8 Apr. 7/4 Cynics who delight in heartlessness and selfishness.

1952 A. MacLeish Let. 15 June (1983) 358 The fashionable models held before the young are models of a skillful and withering heartlessness.

2006 MLN 121 774 The heartlessness of a society that first creates misfits and then drives them into madness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heartlessness
释义	heartlessnessn. Brit. /ˈhɑːtləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈhɑrtləsnəs/ Forms: see heartless adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: heartless adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < heartless adj. + -ness suffix. 1. Lack of enthusiasm, energy, or commitment; dejection, listlessness, apathy. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] unlustOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 elengenessec1320 dullnessc1369 tristourc1380 murknessc1390 tristesse1390 faintness1398 ungladnessa1400 droopingc1400 heavity14.. dejectionc1450 terne?a1513 disconsolation1515 descence1526 marea1529 sadness?1537 dumpishness1548 unblessedness1549 dolorousness1553 ruefulness?1574 dolefulness1586 heartlessness1591 languishment1591 mopishness1598 soul-sickness1603 contristation1605 damp1606 gloominess1607 sableness1607 uncheerfulnessa1617 disconsolateness1624 cheerlessnessa1631 dejectedness1633 droopingness1635 disanimation1637 lowness1639 desponsion1641 disconsolacy1646 despondency1653 dispiritedness1654 chagrin1656 demission1656 jawfall1660 weightedness1660 depression1665 disconsolancy1665 grumness1675 despondence1676 despond1678 disheartenednessa1680 glumness1727 low1727 gloom1744 low-spiritedness1754 blue devils1756 black dog1776 humdudgeon1785 blue devilism1787 dispiritude1797 wishtnessc1800 downheartedness1801 blue-devilage1816 dispiritment1827 downcastness1827 depressiveness1832 dolorosity1835 lugubriosity1840 disconsolance1847 down1856 heavy-heartedness1860 lugubriousness1879 sullenness1885 low key1886 melancholia1896 burn-out1903 mokus1924 downness1927 mopiness1927 deflation1933 wallow1934 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Descorazinamiento Heartlesnesse..sluggishnesse. 1647 Bp. J. Hall Christ Mysticall 56 A disconsolate heartlesnesse, and a sad dejection of spirit. 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man i. §39. 19 The common backwardness; and unwillingness of men to come to these [prayers]; and their negligence, and heartlesness, when they are at them. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) viii. 199 In the former two [fasts] there was nothing but tugging and heartlessness; in both the latter, there was something of the spirit of prayer. 1794 T. Webster 14 Evangelical Serm. vii. 84 It [sc. sin] drives you back into your wonted heartlessness and despondency, and impairs the vigour of your supplications and of your hopes. 1833 M. M. Sherwood Nun v. 121 It would be but a fatiguing repetition to describe more of our ceremonies; there is a sameness and heartlessness in them. 1900 Ipswich Jrnl. 4 Aug. 3/7 In hopeless cases there is want of will-power and utter heartlessness. 2003 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 28 Mar. 20 He may think that harsh talking is a good strategy to bulldoze his teammates out of what he probably brands as their state of apathy and ‘heartlessness’. 2. Lack of feeling; callous cruelty. Also occasionally: lack of genuine feeling, insincerity. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun] crueltyc1230 unfeelingness1398 cruelnessa1400 callum?1440 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 hard-heartedness1577 callosity1614 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 callus1683 heartlessness1701 cold-heartedness1850 unsympathy1856 cold-bloodedness1878 inhumanism1907 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness induration1493 indurateness1537 induritness1558 hardenedness1571 stoniness1571 hard-heartedness1577 apathy1603 indolence1603 dedolence1606 flintiness1607 dedolencya1617 searedness1620 callosity1628 indolencya1631 brawnedness1631 calluma1640 atrocity1641 dead-heartedness1642 brawninessa1645 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 petrification1678 unsolicitousnessa1683 callus1683 heartlessness1701 petrifaction1722 unreckingness1873 Gradgrindery1920 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] rethenesseOE crueltyc1230 cruelnessa1400 savagenessa1400 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 savagec1487 savagerya1616 reluctationa1625 fellness1678 heartlessness1891 1701 W. Nicholls Duty Inferiours towards Superiours ii. 12 This should be a Shame to many of this Nation, to see among us so much Coldness and Heartlessness of Affection. 1740 ‘Sophia’ Woman's Superior Excellence over Man 29 Nothing surely but an extremity of savage heartlessness could induce this gentleman to argue as he does. 1844 J. W. Kaye Peregrine Pultuney II. vi. 106 The flippancy, the heartlessness, the insincerity, the utter absence of all serious and ennobling thought. 1891 Leeds Mercury 25 May 5/2 There..cannot be the shadow of excuse for the heartlessness of the atrocity. 1928 Sunday Express 8 Apr. 7/4 Cynics who delight in heartlessness and selfishness. 1952 A. MacLeish Let. 15 June (1983) 358 The fashionable models held before the young are models of a skillful and withering heartlessness. 2006 MLN 121 774 The heartlessness of a society that first creates misfits and then drives them into madness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1591
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