heartlessness

as ininhumanity
as insavagery
as intruculence
as intruculency
as incruelty

Synonyms for heartlessness

noun lack of compassion

Antonyms for heartlessness

inhumanity

noun. lack of compassion

Word Origin & History

Old English heortleas "dispirited, dejected;" see heart + -less. In Middle English with expanded senses "lacking in courage; foolish; listless; half-hearted; sluggish." Sense of "callous, cruel" is not certainly attested before Shelley used it in 1816. Literal meaning "lacking a heart, lifeless" (mid-15c.) is rare. Related: Heartlessly; heartlessness.

Example Sentences for heartlessness

Oh, they're quite right when they accuse the men of heartlessness!

She shuddered as she thought of her own heartlessness, the shallow nature which was hers.

Very well, but if I am frozen I hope you have the grace to be ashamed of your heartlessness.

It lies in the cool impertinence and heartlessness of his visitors.

The heartlessness of Ivywood is continuous, and ends in insanity.

How ashamed I felt of my own ingratitude, my heartlessness, when I could not tell him!

I remonstrated with them on the heartlessness of their conduct, when Augustus burst into tears.

It's the heartlessness, the unnecessary cruelty of this that hurts me so.

He is free from their heartlessness, malignity, and cruelty.

Again she confessed all, her deceit, her heartlessness; but she laid it to the drink.

heartlessness

Synonyms for heartlessness

Antonyms for heartlessness

More words related to heartlessness

cruelty

inhumanity

savagery

truculence

truculency