'Heartless' definitions:
Definition of 'heartless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
adjective
Devoid of courage or enthusiasm
Definition of 'Heartless'
From: GCIDE
- Heartless \Heart"less\, a.
- 1. Without a heart. [1913 Webster]
- You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent. [1913 Webster]
- Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heartless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affectless,
- aloof,
- anesthetized,
- apathetic,
- arctic,
- autistic,
- benumbed,
- blah,
- blase,
- blunt,
- bowed-down,
- bowelless,
- brazen,
- brutal,
- callous,
- calloused,
- case-hardened,
- cast down,
- catatonic,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold of heart,
- cold-blooded,
- coldblooded,
- coldhearted,
- comatose,
- conscienceless,
- cool,
- cruel,
- dashed,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- desensitized,
- despairing,
- despondent,
- desponding,
- detached,
- discouraged,
- disheartened,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- dispirited,
- dog-eat-dog,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- drugged,
- dull,
- emotionally dead,
- emotionless,
- feeling low,
- flinthearted,
- flinty,
- frigid,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- gritless,
- gutless,
- hard,
- hard of heart,
- hard-boiled,
- hardened,
- hardhearted,
- harsh,
- hebetudinous,
- hopeless,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriacal,
- icy,
- immovable,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- in a stupor,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- inclement,
- indifferent,
- indurated,
- inexcitable,
- inexorable,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- insensitive,
- insouciant,
- insusceptible,
- inured,
- languid,
- languishing,
- Laodicean,
- lethargic,
- listless,
- lost to shame,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- merciless,
- nonchalant,
- nonemotional,
- numb,
- numbed,
- obdurate,
- objective,
- obtuse,
- Olympian,
- out of touch,
- passionless,
- passive,
- pessimistic,
- phlegmatic,
- pining,
- pitiless,
- pluckless,
- relentless,
- remorseless,
- resigned,
- ruthless,
- seared,
- self-absorbed,
- shameless,
- slack,
- sluggish,
- soporific,
- soulless,
- spiritless,
- spunkless,
- stoic,
- stonyhearted,
- stupefied,
- subdued,
- suicidal,
- supine,
- torpid,
- unaffectionate,
- unblushing,
- uncaring,
- uncompassionate,
- uncompassioned,
- unconcerned,
- uncourageous,
- undaring,
- unemotional,
- unfeeling,
- unforgiving,
- ungallant,
- unheroic,
- unimpassioned,
- unimpressionable,
- uninterested,
- unintrepid,
- unkind,
- unloving,
- unmerciful,
- unnatural,
- unpassionate,
- unpitiful,
- unpitying,
- unremorseful,
- unresponding,
- unresponsive,
- unsoldierlike,
- unsoldierly,
- unsusceptible,
- unsympathetic,
- unsympathizing,
- untouchable,
- unvaliant,
- unvalorous,
- unyielding,
- weary of life,
- withdrawn,
- without mercy,
- woebegone,
- world-weary