'Heartlessness' definitions:
Definition of 'heartlessness'
(from WordNet)
noun
An absence of concern for the welfare of others [syn: heartlessness, coldheartedness, hardheartedness]
Definition of 'Heartlessness'
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]