单词	heartless
释义	heartlessheart‧less /ˈhɑːtləs $ ˈhɑːrt-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In his autobiography, he portrays his father as cold and heartless. She was a heartless, money-grabbing woman who made her fortune from the misery and desperation of others. Todd's father was cold and heartless. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS His reputation already in jeopardy, Young further offended gentiles with what they thought was his most heartless scheme. It is not that I am heartless. People in Acra and Catskill told these stories when the papers said Jack was a heartless killer. She'd tell him a few home truths about his condescending, heartless, authoritarian attitude. Soon he begins to get angry at the people involved in the incident for being so careless or so heartless. This was not so heartless as it might seem. You've assigned me the role of heartless villain financier, obsessed with money, wealth, and luxury. Thesaurus THESAURUS► cruel deliberately hurting people or making them suffer: · It was cruel to lock the dog in the garage all day.· Her father had been very cruel to her when she was a child.· a cruel, selfish woman ► heartless not feeling any pity and not caring about other people or their problems: · How could you be so heartless!· He was cold and heartless and had no concern for the welfare of his employees. ► sadistic getting pleasure from making other people suffer: · a sadistic killer· a sadistic thing to do ► barbaric extremely cruel, in a way that shocks people: · a barbaric punishment· a barbaric sport ► vicious very violent and cruel, especially by suddenly attacking someone and causing injury to them: · a vicious attack on an innocent man· Some dogs can be vicious. ► brutal very cruel and violent, in a way that shows no human feelings: · a brutal dictator· the brutal methods used by the secret police ► inhumane inhumane conditions, treatment etc are not considered acceptable because they cause too much suffering: · the inhumane treatment of prisoners ► cold-blooded a cold-blooded murder, attack etc is done without showing any feeling or pity for the person who is attacked. A cold-blooded killer kills people without showing any pity: · a woman's cold-blooded murder of her devoted husband· a cold-blooded psychopath Longman Language Activatorwords for describing people who are cruel► cruel someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or makes people suffer: · Children can sometimes be very cruel.· Brand was a cruel and intimidating man who abused his children and his wife.cruel to: · Her parents were very cruel to her when she was young. ► ruthless so determined to get what you want that you do not care how much you harm other people: · These men are ruthless terrorists and will kill anyone who tries to stop them.· Father could be quite ruthless about getting his own way.· the ruthless dictator, Joseph Stalin ► heartless not feeling any pity and not caring about other people or their problems: · How can you be so heartless?· In his autobiography, he portrays his father as cold and heartless.· She was a heartless, money-grabbing woman who made her fortune from the misery and desperation of others. ► tyrannical using your power to cruelly force other people to do what you want: · Lewis was a tyrannical boss who frightened and humiliated his employees.· Thousands of refugees fled the tyrannical regime in search of political freedom. ► sadistic someone who is sadistic gets pleasure from making other people suffer: · The principal was a sadistic man who enjoyed tormenting his students.· In the film, Khan portrays a murderer who gets a deep sadistic thrill out of killing.· "I'm afraid you will never see your children again,'' he said with a sadistic smile. ► sadist someone who enjoys being cruel to other people: · Andrea's father was an absolute sadist. It's not surprising she hates him. ► bully someone who uses their authority or strength to frighten or hurt someone who is weaker: · A group of kids stood by and watched the school bully beat up a smaller boy.· Critics describe the mayor as an arrogant bully who hates to be contradicted. ► tyrant someone in a position of power who treats other people very cruelly: · She was a tyrant who had absolutely no tolerance for mistakes. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectiveheartened ≠ disheartenedheartening ≠ dishearteningheartlessheartynounheartheartlessnessheartinessadverbheartilyheartlesslyhearteningly ≠ dishearteninglyverbhearten ≠ dishearten cruel and not feeling any pity:  How can you be so heartless?► see thesaurus at cruel—heartlessly adverb—heartlessness noun [uncountable]
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