Heartlessness
Heartlessness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the gung ho heartlessness with which the secret police tortured prisoners was beyond belief
Meanness and heartlessness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meanness" instead a noun "Heartlessness".
Meanness
Meanness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Heartlessness and meanness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartlessness" instead a noun "Meanness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- closeness and heartlessness
- closeness and meanness
- greed and heartlessness
- greed and meanness
- frugality and heartlessness
- frugality and meanness
- parsimony and heartlessness
- parsimony and meanness
- depravity and heartlessness
- depravity and meanness
- baseness and heartlessness
- baseness and meanness
- wickedness and heartlessness
- wickedness and meanness
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Meanness and Heartlessness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartlessness/meanness
Heartlessness & Meanness. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartlessness/meanness>.
Meanness or Heartlessness. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartlessness/meanness.
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