heartless
/ˈhɑːtləs/adjective
उच्चारण हार्ट्लस
निर्दयी, बेरहम, कठोर-हृदय, संवेदनहीन
Core word
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feeling no pity or kindness for other people
निर्दयी, बेरहम, कठोर-हृदय, संवेदनहीन
- How could you be so heartless as to leave the puppy in the rain?
- a heartless decision
- It was heartless to ignore the beggar's request.
+ 2 more examples
- The heartless landlord threw the family out.
- She called the remark heartless and unfair.
Synonyms cruel callous unkind unfeeling pitiless
Opposite kind compassionate sympathetic warm-hearted
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
be / seem + heartless
Heartless describes a person or act that shows no pity or kindness. It follows be, seem or sound, or comes before a noun.
Heartless ऐसे व्यक्ति या कार्य का वर्णन करता है जिसमें दया या करुणा न हो। यह be, seem या sound के बाद आता है, या noun से पहले।
- It was heartless of him to ignore the beggar.
- She is not heartless, only very shy.
it is heartless of + person + to-infinitive
To criticise someone's act, use it is heartless of somebody to do something.
किसी के कार्य की आलोचना के लिए 'it is heartless of somebody to do something' संरचना आती है।
- It was heartless of the landlord to throw them out in the rain.
- It is heartless of you to laugh at his failure.
heartless + noun
Before a noun, heartless often goes with person, act, treatment, criticism, or ruler.
Noun से पहले 'heartless' प्रायः person, act, treatment, criticism या ruler के साथ आता है।
- The heartless ruler taxed the poor heavily.
- A heartless remark can hurt for years.
+Collocations 4
adverb + heartless
utterlycompletelyquitedeliberatelycruelly
- It was utterly heartless to say that to her.
heartless + noun
heartless actheartless remarkheartless treatmentheartless criminalheartless decision
- The heartless treatment of the workers shocked the nation.
verb + heartless
beseemsoundcall somebodyprove
- Critics called the decision heartless.
heartless + of
of him to sayof them to refuseof the company to dismiss
- It was heartless of the company to dismiss the old watchman.
“More examples 5
- The heartless thieves took even the grandmother's medicine.
निर्दयी चोर दादी की दवा तक ले गए।
- Radhika thought it heartless to ask the grieving family for money.
राधिका को शोकग्रस्त परिवार से पैसे माँगना निर्दयता लगी।
- The novel's villain is a heartless landlord.
उपन्यास का खलनायक एक निर्दयी ज़मींदार है।
- To leave an injured animal on the road is heartless.
घायल जानवर को सड़क पर छोड़ देना निर्दयता है।
- He was called heartless for not attending the funeral.
अंतिम संस्कार में न जाने के कारण उसे निर्दयी कहा गया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He is heartless for the poor.
✓ He is heartless towards the poor.
Use towards or to for the person who suffers from the cruelty.
जिस व्यक्ति के प्रति निर्दयता है उसके लिए 'towards' या 'to' आता है।
✗ It was heartless from him to leave.
✓ It was heartless of him to leave.
After heartless, the person who acts is introduced by of.
'Heartless' के बाद कार्य करने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए 'of' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Heartless, cruel and callous all describe lack of feeling, but they differ in force.
तीनों शब्द संवेदनहीनता बताते हैं, पर तीव्रता में अंतर है।
Deliberately causing pain or suffering.
जानबूझकर पीड़ा देने वाला।
- The cruel king punished the farmers.
Showing no concern for others' feelings; cold.
दूसरों की भावनाओं की परवाह न करने वाला; कठोर।
- He gave a callous reply.