Antonyms for hardheartedness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahrd-hahr-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˈhɑr tɪd


Definition of hardheartedness

  • As in severity : noun asperity
  • As in hardness : noun severity
  • As in rigidity : noun severity
  • As in rigorousness : noun severity
  • As in savagery : noun cruelty
  • As in sternness : noun severity
  • As in strictness : noun severity
  • As in stringency : noun severity
  • As in toughness : noun severity
  • As in truculence : noun cruelty
  • As in truculency : noun cruelty
  • As in cruelty : noun brutality, harshness
Example sentences :
  • Hardheartedness he owns to be an essential of the libertine character.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Any attempt at careful management of the estate was invariably considered to be a sign of stinginess or of hardheartedness.
  • Extract from : « The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement » by Alexander Petrunkevitch, Samuel Northrup Harper, Frank Alfred Golder, Robert Joseph Kerner
  • And thou wilt not give thy child a stone for bread, nor also will God give us hardheartedness for true love.
  • Extract from : « The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church » by lfric
  • I do not wish to exculpate Peter from cruelty or hardheartedness; I would neither justify him nor condemn him.
  • Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume VIII » by John Lord
  • The ladies of the Queen's household distinguished themselves preeminently by rapacity and hardheartedness.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • He who hath slain the wooers is one of the deathless gods, come down to punish them for their injustice and their hardheartedness.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy » by Padriac Colum

Synonyms for hardheartedness

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