Heart"less, a.

1.

Without a heart.

You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.

2.

Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent.

Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. Dryden.

Heartless and melancholy. W. Irwing.

3.

Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.

"The heartless parasites."

Byron.

-- Heart"less*ly, adv. -- Heart"less*ness, n.

 

© Webster 1913.