cold-hearted


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cold-heart·ed

(kōld′här′tĭd)
adj.
Devoid of sympathy or feeling.

cold′-heart′ed·ly adv.
cold′-heart′ed·ness n.
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cold-hearted

adj
lacking in feeling or warmth; unkind
ˌcold-ˈheartedly adv
ˌcold-ˈheartedness n
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cold′-heart′ed



adj.
lacking sympathy or feeling; indifferent; unkind.
[1600–10]
cold′-heart′ed•ly, adv.
cold′-heart′ed•ness, n.
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cold-hearted

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Translations

cold-hearted

[ˈkəʊldˈhɑːtɪd] ADJinsensible, cruel
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cold-hearted

[ˌkəʊldˈhɑːtɪd] adjinsensibile
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As for him, for the first week or two, he was peevish and low, fretting, I suppose, over his dear Annabella's departure, and particularly ill-tempered to me: everything I did was wrong; I was cold-hearted, hard, insensate; my sour, pale face was perfectly repulsive; my voice made him shudder; he knew not how he could live through the winter with me; I should kill him by inches.
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