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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

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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

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

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

Then he said again: 'Dearly beloved, such was the hardness of heart of the people of Israel against Moses.'

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf

hardness of heart

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