frozen heart
Cold, closed off
A frozen heart is one that has become emotionally cold, unfeeling, or incapable of love and compassion.
The metaphor draws on physical coldness suggesting emotional distance or numbness: Years of disappointment left her with a frozen heart.
Someone with a frozen heart may be cruel, indifferent, or simply shut off from feeling.
The phrase appears frequently in fairy tales and fantasy, where it's sometimes literal—a curse to be broken.
- coldLow temperature state
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- numbLacking physical sensation
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- cold shoulderIntentional dismissive treatment
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- body idiomsheartstrings, gut feeling, gut instinct, backbone, hard head
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- poetic phrasesonce upon a time, happily ever after, star-crossed lovers, sweet sorrow, eternal flame
- Arctic spiritsSedna, spirit world, moon spirit, wind spirit, sea goddess
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Emotional generosity, caring nature
open heart · heart of gold · tender heart · burning heart · soft heart
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