HARDHEARTEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hardheartedness mean? 

• HARDHEARTEDNESS (noun)
  The noun HARDHEARTEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. an absence of concern for the welfare of others

  Familiarity information: HARDHEARTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARDHEARTEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An absence of concern for the welfare of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

coldheartedness; hardheartedness; heartlessness

Hypernyms ("hardheartedness" is a kind of...):

unconcern (a feeling of lack of concern)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hardheartedness"):

cruelty; mercilessness; pitilessness; ruthlessness (feelings of extreme heartlessness)

Derivation:

hardhearted (devoid of feeling for others)

hardhearted (lacking in feeling or pity or warmth)