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Definition of Coldhearted
1. Adjective. Lacking in sympathy or feeling.
Definition of Coldhearted
1. a. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
Definition of Coldhearted
1. Adjective. (alternative form of cold-hearted) ¹
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Definition of Coldhearted
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coldhearted
Literary usage of Coldhearted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1907)
"It was reserved for her voluptuous beauty and for her flippant wit to overcome
the aversion which the coldhearted and scoffing Grammont felt for the ..."
2. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"find, among his Fragments, directed against Meister for its prosaic, mechanical,
economical, coldhearted, altogether Utilitarian character. ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"... eyelids worked and her lips shut fast at the coldhearted remark void of meaning.
She sighed. ' So ends a life of misery, my dear! ..."
4. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1886)
"It was reserved for her voluptuous beauty and for her flippant wit to overcome
the aversion which the coldhearted and scoffing Grammont felt for the ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1899)
"Many are the bitter aphorisms we find, among his Fragments, directed against
Meister for its prosaic, mechanical, economical, coldhearted, ..."
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