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Definition of Heartless

1. Adjective. Lacking in feeling or pity or warmth.

2. Adjective. Devoid of courage or enthusiasm.

Definition of Heartless

1. a. Without a heart.

Definition of Heartless

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Heartless

1. 1. Without a heart. "You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom." (J. Webster) 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent. "Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground." (Dryden) "Heartless and melancholy." (W. Irwing) 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." Heart"lessly, Heart"lessness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartless

hearth money heartier hearties heartiest heartily heartily heartiness heartinesses hearting heartland

heartlands heartleaf heartleaf arnica heartleaf manzanita heartless heartless heartlessly heartlessness heartlessnesses heartlet

heartlet heartlets heartlings heartly heartpea heartpea heartpeas heartquake heartrending heartrending

Literary usage of Heartless

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1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"Cruel Old Countryman, to Heartless Destroyer of Foxes. " PLEASE, SIB, I HOPE AS YOUR HOUNDS 'LL ... Heartless ..."

2. Annual Report by Boston Female Anti-slavery Society (1836)
"into action, the most heartless and supine. Under these, and other happy auspices, we were organized, ..."

3. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1875)
"Heartless utterances of Mason, Davis, and Toombs. — Wilson's amendment opposed by Mason and Green. — His reply. — No action taken. ..."

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