Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heartless"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Heartless \Heart"less\, a.
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.'' --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly},
adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

heartless
adj 1: marked by lack of heart or feeling; "a heartless tyrant";
"heartless words" [ant: {hearted}]
2: lacking in feeling or pity or warmth [syn: {hardhearted}]
[ant: {softhearted}]
3: (archaic) devoid of courage or enthusiasm

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