English

Adjective

cruelhearted ‎(comparative more cruelhearted, superlative most cruelhearted)

1. Alternative form of cruel-hearted
   • 2002, Willie Morris & ‎Jack Bales, Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays, ISBN 1604736682, page 188:

     Frequently have I been tempted to compose for him epistles of nearly Herzogian sweep, have even seriously contemplated what I imposed upon cruelhearted adults in my small-town Mississippi childhood: gift-wrapped fresh cow manure or dead rats or possums deposited on their front porches in the yuletide.

   • 2011, Tarah Scott, Lord Keeper, ISBN 1936751879:

     “That is better than being a cruelhearted Scot,” she countered. “Cruel?” Kevin looked confused. “'Tis not cruel to seek justice.”

   • 2014, Martial, Selected Epigrams, ISBN 0299301745, page 28:

     The Sirens, gleeful scourge of mariners, beguiling bane and cruelhearted joy, whom no man could abandon once he'd heard them, were left, they say, through sly Ulysses' ploy.