cold-hearted
Emotionally distant, unfeeling
Cold-hearted describes someone lacking warmth, sympathy, or compassion.
A cold-hearted person remains unmoved by others' suffering or appeals for mercy: a cold-hearted rejection of the refugees, How could you be so cold-hearted?
The term suggests deliberate emotional detachment rather than mere indifference.
Lacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- sadisticFinding pleasure in cruelty
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
heartless · pitiless · savage · barbaric · malicious · malevolent · spiteful · vindictive
Lacking any sentiment
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- unsympatheticWithout pity or understanding
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
stony · icy · frigid · numb · hardened · impervious · thick-skinned · uncompassionate
Without feeling or concern
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
unconcerned · dismissive · dispassionate · nonchalant · blasé · unmoved · unaffected · distant
ruthless
Lacking any compassion
vicious · heartless · pitiless · savage · barbaric · malicious · malevolent · spiteful · vindictive · callous
emotionless
Lacking any sentiment
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- unsympatheticWithout pity or understanding
heartless · stony · icy · frigid · numb · hardened · impervious · thick-skinned · uncompassionate · unresponsive
apathetic
Without feeling or concern
uninterested · unconcerned · dismissive · dispassionate · nonchalant · blasé · unmoved · unaffected · distant · remote
cold-heartedwarm-hearted
Disposed toward compassion
kindhearted · kind-hearted · compassionate · caring · warmhearted
cold-heartedtender
Soft or sore
tender-hearted · tenderhearted · gentle · sensitive · feeling