cold-hearted
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cold-hearted
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From cold heart + -ed, equivalent to cold + hearted. Compare Old English caldheort (“cold-hearted”).
adjective more cold-hearted · colder-hearted · most cold-hearted · coldest-hearted · coldhearted
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Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.
The songs were sung by every one who possessed so much as an echo of a voice: they were quoted—copied—got by heart—in fact, we cannot imagine how the world of singers went on in the days when ‘Tara’s Hall,’ and ‘The young May Moon,’ and ‘The Meeting of the Waters,’ were strains unborn. And now, afte
Similar: alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, dead inside, dispassionate, emotionless, immovable, impassible · Opposite: warm-hearted
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adj callous or heartless
| Deutsch | kaltherzig |
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| Русский | бессердечный besserdečnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | lạnh nhạt |
Talk about this word "cold-hearted." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cold-hearted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cold-hearted. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cold-hearted "cold-hearted." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cold-hearted.Cite this
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title = {cold-hearted},
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