hardheartedness

Questions about hardheartedness

What is another word for hardheartedness?

It depends which hardheartedness you mean. In the sense “an absence of concern for the welfare of others”, the synonyms are heartlessness, coldheartedness. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of hardheartedness?

WordNet records no antonym for hardheartedness. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for hardheartedness come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of hardheartedness

• Full entry for hardheartednessAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for hardheartednessWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.