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Definition of Coldheartedness
1. Noun. An absence of concern for the welfare of others.
Generic synonyms: Unconcern
Specialized synonyms: Cruelty, Mercilessness, Pitilessness, Ruthlessness
Derivative terms: Coldhearted, Hardhearted, Hardhearted, Heartless
Definition of Coldheartedness
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cold-heartedness) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coldheartedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coldheartedness
Literary usage of Coldheartedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Oh, Aunt Lambert, Aunt Lambert, did you ever see such coldheartedness 1" cries
out Harry, with his usual impetuosity. "Do we make any difference to you, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1850)
"It furnished to her enemies an additional and valid pretext for taxing her with
hypocrisy and coldheartedness ; and it weakened the position of the friends ..."
3. Medieval Civilization: Selected Studies from European Authors by Dana Carleton Munro, George Clarke Sellery (1907)
"But he could not well avoid knowing his own va , and he never showed an unworthy
haste in seeking .:is reward. The charges of coldheartedness and fp ..."
4. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1876)
"... and Wurtemberg, by Prince William; but the utter coldheartedness and indifference
shown by the populace on the occasion was remarked. ..."
5. The Metropolitan (1849)
"By some she has been accused of ingratitude and coldheartedness in permitting
the unfortunate Tasso to languish so long in imprisonment; but never, ..."
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