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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without feeling; cold |
| Synonyms: | brutal, callous, cold fish, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel, hard, hard as nails, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, harsh, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, savage, thick-skinned, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic |
| Antonyms: | caring, compassionate, considerate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic, warmhearted |
| Main Entry: | brutal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, remorseless |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, ferocious, gruff, hard, harsh, heartless, impolite, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, uncivil, uncivilized, unfeeling, unmannerly, unmerciful, vicious |
| Antonyms: | generous, humane, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | cold-hearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
| Synonyms: | cold, detached, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, indifferent, insensitive, stony-hearted, uncaring, unemotional, unfriendly, unkind, unloving, unsympathetic |
| Antonyms: | warm-hearted |
| Main Entry: | cruel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vicious, pitiless; causing pain |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, rancorous, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked |
| Antonyms: | charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel |
| Main Entry: | emotionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, undemonstrative |
| Synonyms: | blank, chill, cold, cold fish, cold-blooded, cool, cool cat, deadpan, detached, dispassionate, distant, flat, frigid, glacial, heartless, icy, immovable, impassive, impersonal, in cold blood, indifferent, laid back, matter-of-fact, nonemotional, nowhere, poker face, remote, reserved, stony-eyed, thick-skinned, toneless, unemotional, unimpassioned, with straight face |
| Antonyms: | demonstrative, emotional, feeling, passionate, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | hardened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, benumbed, callous, case-hardened, coldhearted, contemptuous, cruel, disdainful, habituated, hard-as-nails, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardhearted, heartless, impenetrable, impious, inaccessible, indurated, inured, irreverent, obdurate, obtuse, prepared, resistant, seasoned, steeled, toughened, unashamed, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unrepenting, unsubmissive |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | hardhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, cruel |
| Synonyms: | brutish, callous, cold-blooded, coldhearted, hard, hard-boiled, heartless, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, stony, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, kind, nice, softhearted, warm |
| Main Entry: | impassive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, cool |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, callous, cold, cold-blooded, collected, composed, dispassionate, dry, emotionless, hardened, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, indurated, inexcitable, inexpressive, inscrutable, insensible, insusceptible, matter-of-fact, nonchalant, passionless, phlegmatic, placid, poker-faced, reserved, reticent, sedate, self-contained, serene, spiritless, stoic, stoical, stolid, taciturn, unconcerned, unemotional, unexcitable, unfeeling, unflappable, unimpressible, unmoved, unruffled, wooden |
| Notes: | impassioned means characterized by intense emotion or full of passion, while impassive means having or revealing little emotion |
| Antonyms: | emotional, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, warm |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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