Heartless
Heartless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: a heartless boss who would fire people for missing work, even if they were sick as a dog
Malevolent and heartless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malevolent" instead an adjective "Heartless".
Nearby Words: heart, heartlessly
Malevolent
Malevolent adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Heartless and malevolent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartless" instead an adjective "Malevolent".
Nearby Words: malevolence, malevolently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- harsh and heartless
- harsh and malevolent
- barbarous and heartless
- barbarous and malevolent
- brutal and heartless
- brutal and malevolent
- savage and heartless
- savage and malevolent
- evil and heartless
- evil and malevolent
- vicious and heartless
- vicious and malevolent
- unkind and heartless
- unkind and malevolent
Both words in one sentence
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An intristically malevolent spirit or human hardened to the point of unfeeling will have some idea on the meaning of love, but not enough to threaten their heartless exterior, and they have no intent of exploring that notion further.
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The Heartless: Downplayed, thanks to the wild familiars not being as malevolent as the trope implies; however the Nightmares that possess certain broken-hearted (some even in Oliver's World!) play it straight.
Source: Video Game / Ni no Kuni
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