Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Devoid of sympathy or feeling.
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- adjective Without
sympathy ,feeling orcompassion ;callous orheartless
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Examples
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She could be intensely cold-hearted towards enemies, and her children lived in dread of disappointing her.
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Last week, Schultz referred to Christie as a "cold-hearted fat slob" on MSNBC's "Ed Show."
Ed Schultz 'Reprimanded' Over Chris Christie 'Fat Slob' Comment Huffington Post 2010
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"Sidney Wells" is about a cold-hearted serial killer who boasts about what he's done when the cops finally come calling.
Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson at Town Hall Michael Giltz 2010
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It's even reared its ugly head in the Republican primaries, with the candidates trying to paint front-runner Mitt Romney as a cold-hearted capitalist and Rick Santorum proposing targeted tax breaks for the "working class" manufacturing sector.
Class Warfare and the Buffett Rule Arthur B. Laffer 2012
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How bizarre that, because conservatives have so savagely attacked Sotomayor for not being callous and cold-hearted, the response is to emphasize her capacity to rule against likeable people.
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"Sidney Wells" is about a cold-hearted serial killer who boasts about what he's done when the cops finally come calling.
Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson at Town Hall Michael Giltz 2010
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Or hell maybe he is that cold-hearted, I mean Harry apologized for getting shot.
Think Progress » The death of a maverick: John McCain backtracks on nuclear policy. 2010
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He must be so scared that he scrolls immediately to the bottom where he posts his mindless, callous, cold-hearted one-liners.
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Did I mention that you are supposed to be best friends with the cold-hearted slackers?
Just so you know, my phone works in the middle of night 2009
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What appears to be the routine invasion of the privacy of ordinary people already blighted by tragedy is a particularly ruthless and cold-hearted method of harvesting copy.
Murdoch's malign influence must die with the News of the World | Observer editorial 2011
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