| 释义 |
[ ahy-ern-hahr-tid ] / ˈaɪ ərnˈhɑr tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR iron-hearted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecruel; heartless; unfeeling. Origin of iron-heartedFirst recorded in 1610–20 OTHER WORDS FROM iron-heartedi·ron-heart·ed·ly, adverbi·ron-heart·ed·ness, nounWords nearby iron-heartediron gray, iron grey, Iron Guard, iron hand, ironhanded, iron-hearted, iron horse, ironic, ironical, ironically, ironing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for iron-heartedOn the other hand, the Archbishop is an iron-hearted fellow, who tries to pick quarrels. The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete|Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe It sees in the institution nothing but lashes, salt-rubbed wounds, bloodhounds, and iron-hearted taskmasters. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862|Various Thou art too gentle and sweet a child for such an iron-hearted father as King Minos. Tanglewood Tales|Nathaniel Hawthorne Godeschal the Iron-hearted, and Robin Hood, are each without descendants. Charles Sumner; his Complete Works, v. 4-20|Charles Sumner
Words related to iron-heartedapathetic, asleep, brutal, callous, cantankerous, churlish, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, crotchety, cruel, exacting, hard, hardened, heartless, icy, inanimate, inhuman, insensate, insensible |