stony-hearted
Without any compassion
Stony-hearted means unfeeling, merciless, or incapable of compassion.
The image is of a heart made of stone—cold and unyielding where warmth should be: The stony-hearted landlord evicted the family in winter.
The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, appearing most often in moral condemnation.
Lacking pity or mercy
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
callous · uncompassionate · unsparing · remorseless · cold-blooded · brutal · inhuman · uncharitable
Lacking any sentiment
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- stoicUncomplaining endurer of hardship
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
insensible · numb · deadened · hardened · impervious · thick-skinned · insensitive · indifferent
Stubbornly refusing to change
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- immovableIncapable of being shifted
intransigent · unrelenting · stubborn · obstinate · implacable · inexorable · resolute · firm
heartless
Lacking pity or mercy
cruel · callous · uncompassionate · unsparing · remorseless · cold-blooded · brutal · inhuman · uncharitable · unsympathetic
emotionless
Lacking any sentiment
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- stoicUncomplaining endurer of hardship
unmoved · insensible · numb · deadened · hardened · impervious · thick-skinned · insensitive · indifferent · detached
obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
immovable · intransigent · unrelenting · stubborn · obstinate · implacable · inexorable · resolute · firm · rigid
- ___-hearted words
stony-heartedtenderhearted
Readily feeling sympathy
softhearted · compassionate · kindhearted · merciful · kind-hearted
stony-heartedsensitive
Easily affected emotionally
emotional · sentimental · impressionable · thin-skinned · open-hearted