black-hearted
Evil to core
Black-hearted describes someone wicked, malevolent, or morally corrupt to the core.
The heart traditionally symbolizes one's true nature, so a black heart suggests irredeemable evil: a black-hearted villain, the black-hearted scheme to defraud the elderly.
The term is literary and dramatic, more common in fiction than everyday speech.
Profound moral wickedness
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- villainousExtremely wicked or criminal
- nefariousExtremely evil or villainous
depraved · corrupt · treacherous · perfidious · diabolical · dastardly · maleficent · iniquitous
Showing no clemency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
savage · barbaric · sadistic · inhumane · cold-blooded · unmerciful · tyrannical · fiendish
Low temperature state
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- emotionlessLacking any sentiment
insensitive · detached · unsympathetic · hardened · stony · icy · frigid · unmoved
evil
Profound moral wickedness
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- villainousExtremely wicked or criminal
nefarious · depraved · corrupt · treacherous · perfidious · diabolical · dastardly · maleficent · iniquitous · unscrupulous
merciless
Showing no clemency
brutal · savage · barbaric · sadistic · inhumane · cold-blooded · unmerciful · tyrannical · fiendish · heinous
cold
Low temperature state
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
emotionless · insensitive · detached · unsympathetic · hardened · stony · icy · frigid · unmoved · unresponsive
- ___-hearted words
black-heartedpure-hearted
Sincerely good-natured
good-hearted · virtuous · righteous · saintly · angelic
black-heartedkindhearted
Naturally sympathetic and caring
warmhearted · tenderhearted · softhearted · compassionate · kind
black, heart, heartfelt, blacken, heartless, blackness, blacks, blackish, blackened