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hardness of heart

NOUN
rancor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acrimony animosity animus antagonism bad blood bitterness enmity grudge harshness hatred hostility ill will malice resentment venom
STRONG
acerbity antipathy aversion bile dudgeon hate hatefulness malevolence malignity mordacity pique retaliation ruthlessness spite spitefulness spleen umbrage unfriendliness variance vengeance vengefulness vindictiveness virulence
WEAK
ill feeling resentfulness revengefulness uncharitableness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
benevolence friendliness friendship good will kindness liking love loving sympathy
STRONG
happiness
WEAK
respect

Example Sentences

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Elmer Johnson, a Chicago lawyer and former executive vice president of General Motors, sees "a hardness of heart that has not yet begun to be broken."

From Time Magazine Archive

Wars by definition require a hardness of heart that looks terrible on television.

From Time Magazine Archive

He got the usual response: instead of repentance, a hardness of heart.

From Time Magazine Archive

She did not like to think of with what hardness of heart, what calculated weeping, what deceit, what cruelty she now went into battle with her aunt for her freedom.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Richard would have been grieved as well as comforted if he had known how many tears Ethel's hardness of heart had caused her.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

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