ironhearted

adjective

iron·​heart·​ed ˈī(-ə)rn-ˈhär-təd 

: cruel, hard-hearted

Synonyms

• affectless
• callous
• case-hardened
• cold-blooded
• compassionless
• desensitized
• hard
• hard-boiled
• hard-hearted
• heartless
• indurate
• inhuman
• inhumane
• insensate
• insensitive
• merciless
• obdurate
• pachydermatous
• pitiless
• remorseless
• ruthless
• slash-and-burn
• soulless
• stony
• stoney
• stonyhearted
• take-no-prisoners
• thick-skinned
• uncharitable
• unfeeling
• unmerciful
• unsparing
• unsympathetic

Examples of ironhearted in a Sentence

the touching reunion scene caused even the most ironhearted audience members to cry

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above