heart´less|ness

heart´less|ness
heart|less «HAHRT lihs», adjective.
1. without kindness or sympathy; unfeeling; cruel; callous: »

heartless words, a heartless coquette.

SYNONYM(S): hard, pitiless.
2. without courage, spirit, or enthusiasm: »

a heartless mood Of solitude (Wordsworth).

SYNONYM(S): apathetic, spiritless.
heart´less|ly, adverb.
heart´less|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • heart´less|ly — heart|less «HAHRT lihs», adjective. 1. without kindness or sympathy; unfeeling; cruel; callous: »heartless words, a heartless coquette. SYNONYM(S): hard, pitiless. 2. without courage, spirit, or enthusiasm: »a heartless mood Of solitude… …   Useful english dictionary

  • heart|less — «HAHRT lihs», adjective. 1. without kindness or sympathy; unfeeling; cruel; callous: »heartless words, a heartless coquette. SYNONYM(S): hard, pitiless. 2. without courage, spirit, or enthusiasm: »a heartless mood Of solitude (Wordsworth) …   Useful english dictionary

  • joy´less|ness — joy «joy», noun, verb. –n. 1. a glad feeling; glad behavior; strong feeling of pleasure; happiness: »The little boy jumped for joy when he saw the circus. On with the dance! let joy be unconfined (Byron). SYNONYM(S): gladness, delight, rapture,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • love´less|ness — love|less «LUHV lihs», adjective. 1. without love; feeling no love; not loving: »a loveless heart. SYNONYM(S): unloving. 2. receiving no love; not loved: »a loveless child. SYNONYM(S): unloved. –love´less|ly, adverb. – …   Useful english dictionary

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • less — less·est; less·ness; let·ter·less; li·cense·less; lid·less; life·less; life·less·ly; life·less·ness; light·less; light·less·ness; limb·less; lime·less; lim·it·less; line·less; lint·less; lip·less; list·less; list·less·ly; list·less·ness;… …   English syllables

  • heart — cow·heart·ed; dis·heart·en·ment; down·heart·ed·ness; great·heart·ed·ly; great·heart·ed·ness; heart; heart·ed; heart·ed·ness; heart·en; heart·ful; heart·i·ly; heart·i·ness; heart·less; heart·rend·ing·ly; heart·some; kind·heart·ed·ness;… …   English syllables

  • joy´less|ly — joy «joy», noun, verb. –n. 1. a glad feeling; glad behavior; strong feeling of pleasure; happiness: »The little boy jumped for joy when he saw the circus. On with the dance! let joy be unconfined (Byron). SYNONYM(S): gladness, delight, rapture,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • joy´less — joy «joy», noun, verb. –n. 1. a glad feeling; glad behavior; strong feeling of pleasure; happiness: »The little boy jumped for joy when he saw the circus. On with the dance! let joy be unconfined (Byron). SYNONYM(S): gladness, delight, rapture,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • love´less|ly — love|less «LUHV lihs», adjective. 1. without love; feeling no love; not loving: »a loveless heart. SYNONYM(S): unloving. 2. receiving no love; not loved: »a loveless child. SYNONYM(S): unloved. –love´less|ly, adverb. – …   Useful english dictionary

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