cold-heartedness

2 definitions found

cold-heartedness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  coldhearted \cold"heart`ed\, cold-hearted \cold"-heart`ed\, a.
     Wanting passion or feeling or emotional warmth; indifferent.
     -- cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

  cold-heartedness \cold"-heart`ed*ness\ n.
     an absence of concern for the welfare of others; indifference
     to the suffering of others.
  
     Syn: heartlessness, hardheartedness.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]