cold-hearted
/ˌkəʊld ˈhɑːtɪd/adjective
उच्चारण कोल्ड हार्टिड
कठोर हृदय वाला, निर्दयी, बेरहम
Core word
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disapproving
not showing any love, kindness or sympathy for other people
कठोर हृदय वाला, निर्दयी, बेरहम
- a cold-hearted landlord who threw the family out in the rain
- It was cold-hearted of him to ignore his sick mother.
- The cold-hearted manager refused to help the sick worker.
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- I don't think he's cold-hearted, only shy.
- Only a cold-hearted person could ignore a crying child.
Synonyms heartless unfeeling callous hard-hearted pitiless
Opposite warm-hearted kind-hearted compassionate
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
cold-hearted (adjective)
Cold-hearted describes a person who shows no love, kindness or sympathy. It is written with a hyphen.
'Cold-hearted' उस व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है जो प्रेम, दया या सहानुभूति नहीं दिखाता। इसे hyphen के साथ लिखा जाता है।
- The cold-hearted landlord threw the family out.
- It was cold-hearted of him to ignore her tears.
it is / was cold-hearted of + person + to-infinitive
To judge someone's behaviour, use it is cold-hearted of him to do something.
किसी के व्यवहार पर टिप्पणी करने के लिए 'it is cold-hearted of him to ...' का प्रयोग होता है।
- It was cold-hearted of the manager to sack him on his birthday.
cold-hearted + noun
It qualifies people and also their actions or words.
यह व्यक्तियों के साथ उनके कार्यों और शब्दों का भी वर्णन करता है।
- His cold-hearted reply upset everyone.
cold-hearted vs. warm-hearted (contrast)
Warm-hearted means kind and generous, the opposite of cold-hearted. Both are common in essays on character.
'Warm-hearted' का अर्थ दयालु और उदार है, जो cold-hearted का विलोम है। चरित्र पर निबंधों में दोनों आम हैं।
- The warm-hearted nurse helped the patient, unlike the cold-hearted clerk.
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cold-hearted + noun
landlordbossvillainstepmotherdecisionreply
- The cold-hearted villain in the story laughed at the beggar.
adverb + cold-hearted
utterlysorathercompletelyplainly
- It was rather cold-hearted to refuse any help.
verb + cold-hearted
seembesoundlookact
- He seemed cold-hearted when he turned away.
cold-hearted + behaviour
cold-hearted behavioura cold-hearted actcold-hearted treatmenta cold-hearted remark
- Such cold-hearted treatment shocked the staff.
synonym phrases
heartless and cold-heartedcruel and cold-heartedcold-hearted and selfish
- The cruel and cold-hearted ruler ignored the famine.
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- Radhika thought it cold-hearted to refuse food to a hungry child.
राधिका ने भूखे बच्चे को भोजन देने से मना करना निर्दयता समझी।
- The cold-hearted merchant raised the price during the flood.
निर्दयी व्यापारी ने बाढ़ के समय क़ीमत बढ़ा दी।
- Nobody wanted to work for such a cold-hearted manager.
ऐसे कठोर हृदय प्रबंधक के लिए कोई काम नहीं करना चाहता था।
- The teacher was strict but never cold-hearted.
शिक्षक सख़्त थे पर कभी निर्दयी नहीं थे।
- Rohan felt ashamed of his cold-hearted remark to his friend.
रोहन को अपने मित्र से कही गई कठोर बात पर शर्म आई।
- The cold-hearted decision to close the school left the village in tears.
स्कूल बंद करने के निर्मम निर्णय से पूरा गाँव रो पड़ा।
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✗ It was cold-hearted for him to leave her alone.
✓ It was cold-hearted of him to leave her alone.
Judgements about behaviour use of with the person: cold-hearted of him.
व्यवहार पर टिप्पणी में व्यक्ति के साथ 'of' आता है: 'cold-hearted of him'।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Do not confuse cold-hearted (without kindness or sympathy) and cold-blooded (showing no feeling when hurting or killing someone, or of an animal whose body temperature changes with its surroundings).
Cold-hearted (दया या सहानुभूति रहित) और cold-blooded (किसी को चोट पहुँचाते या मारते समय कोई भावना न दिखाने वाला, या ऐसा जानवर जिसके शरीर का तापमान आसपास के अनुसार बदलता है) को आपस में confuse न करें।