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Webster 1828 Edition


Hardheartedness

HARDHE`ARTEDNESS

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Noun.
Want of feeling or tenderness; cruelty; inhumanity.

Definition 2024


hardheartedness

hardheartedness

See also: hard-heartedness

English

Noun

hardheartedness (countable and uncountable, plural hardheartednesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being hardhearted.
  2. (countable) A hardhearted thought or act.

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References

  • But anyone who takes these as pretext to blame the authorities for their hardheartedness should recall one or two things. - Why we should keep a murderer alive, The Week, Issue 601, page 16.