heartless

Questions about heartless

What does heartless mean?

heartless means "lacking in feeling or pity or warmth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heartless?

heartless has 2 syllables: heart-less. The stress falls on "heart". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹtləs/.

What is another word for heartless?

Close synonyms include hardhearted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heartless a common word?

heartless is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.