heartless
/ˈhɑɹt.lɪs/ adjective B2- Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel. · His heartless actions and cold manner left her saddened and feeling alone.
- Without a physical heart.
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She must be a heartless creature to sit laughing at some jest within a few hours of her husband’s murder.”
Oh, the heartless, treacherous scoundrels!” exclaimed Dantès, pressing his hand to his throbbing brows.
“It would make very little difference to me,” said Caderousse, “if I were retaken, I am a poor creature to live alone, and sometimes pine for my old comrades; not like you, heartless creature, who would be glad never to see them again.”
“Exactly, my daughter; that is precisely what I mean,” said Danglars, almost digging his nails into his breast, while he preserved on his harsh features the smile of the heartless though clever man; “ruined—yes, that is it.”
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