hardhearted.

Unwilling to show sympathy or compassion for others' distress.

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Words that belong together

• hardhearted response
• hardhearted refusal

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Even his hardhearted supervisor hesitated at the news.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more hardhearted; superlative most hardhearted when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.