hardhearted
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The word "cruel" originates from the Latin word crudelis, which is defined as "hardhearted, bloodthirsty, unmerciful and inhuman."
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2023
Davis, he added, “offers a dark, almost unrelievedly oppressive picture of life in a tough, hardhearted city.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
He refers to them together as “children,” which is factually true, but also emphasizes the point that surviving in a hardhearted environment — even thinking of survival — requires a certain innocence.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
The feather duster is a goose that lays golden eggs; the ladder, the tower from which Rapunzel lets down her hair; the curtain rod, a support for the dresses worn by Cinderella’s hardhearted Stepsisters.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2016
There, I won’t lecture any more, for I know you’ll wake up and be a man in spite of that hardhearted girl.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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