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Lacking kindness and pity; cruel
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- Lacking kindness and pity; cruel
- Having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- Easily affected by cold
Having or showing a lack of concern for the feelings of others; tactless
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- Having or showing a lack of concern for the feelings of others; tactless
- Not sensitive; esp., incapable of being impressed, influenced, or affected; having little or no reaction (to)
- Not having normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic
Confirmed or inveterate, esp. in wrong or immoral behavior; habitual
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- Confirmed or inveterate, esp. in wrong or immoral behavior; habitual
- Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.
- Made or become hard or harder (in various senses)
Not susceptible.
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- Not susceptible.
- Not susceptible to or admitting of:
Lacking in shade; undiminished:
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- Lacking in shade; undiminished:
- Difficult to understand or impart:
- (Chemistry) Resistant to biodegradation:
Not responsive emotionally; without feeling
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- Not responsive emotionally; without feeling
- Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious:
- Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
Done or carried on in an obstinate or doggedly persistent manner
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- Done or carried on in an obstinate or doggedly persistent manner
- Difficult to treat or deal with; resistant to treatment or effort:
- Hard to handle, treat, or deal with; intractable
Hard to move or operate; not free or limber
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- Hard to move or operate; not free or limber
- Having such joints or muscles, as from exertion, cold, etc.
- Hard to bend or stretch; rigid; firm; not flexible or pliant
Firm; resolute
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- Firm; resolute
- Rigid; stiff
- Aloof and often antisocial; extremely reserved:
Hardened against feeling; hardhearted:
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- Hardened against feeling; hardhearted:
- Not giving in readily; stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
- Not easily moved to pity or sympathy; hardhearted
Devoid of sensation or consciousness; inanimate.
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- Devoid of sensation or consciousness; inanimate.
- Insensitive, indifferent
- Not sentient; without life, consciousness, or perception
Lacking sense or the power to reason.
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- Lacking sense or the power to reason.
- Lacking sensation; not feeling, or not capable of feeling, sensation; inanimate
- Lacking sensibility; without regard or feeling for others; cold; insensitive
Refusing to change one's attitude, purpose, or principles; immovable:
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- Refusing to change one's attitude, purpose, or principles; immovable:
- That cannot be bent or curved; stiff; rigid
- Not easily bent; stiff or rigid.
Being at a temperature that is less than what is required or what is normal:
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- Being at a temperature that is less than what is required or what is normal:
- Having little appeal to the senses or feelings:
- Not affectionate or friendly; aloof:
Lacking sympathy; unfeeling
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- Lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- Alternative form of cold-hearted.
Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
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- Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- Lacking in feeling or compassion; pitiless and cold.
Not responsive; unreactive.
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- Not responsive; unreactive.
- Indifferent or apathetic; emotionless.
- Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.
Not interested; indifferent
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- Not interested; indifferent
- Not concerned
- Not worried, anxious or apprehensive.
Not feeling pain; not liable to suffering; insensible
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- Not feeling pain; not liable to suffering; insensible
- Not feeling or showing emotion; placid; calm
- Motionless; still.
Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
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- Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
- Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
- Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.
Not penitent; unrepentant.
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Lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling.
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- Lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling.
- Lacking soul, sensitivity, or depth of feeling; without spirit or inspiration
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
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- Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
Difficult to endure; severe; harsh:
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- Difficult to endure; severe; harsh:
- Hard to convince or influence; stubborn
- Hard to cut or chew:
Of or designating a style of genre fiction dealing in a straightforward, cynical way with criminals, detectives, etc.
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- Of or designating a style of genre fiction dealing in a straightforward, cynical way with criminals, detectives, etc.
- Unsentimental and practical; tough.
- (Informal) Not affected by sentiment, pity, etc.; tough; callous
Callous, unfeeling, hardhearted, etc.
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- Callous, unfeeling, hardhearted, etc.
- Insensitive to the feelings of others; callous.
- Not easily hurt by criticism, insult, etc.
concerned
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compassionate
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sensitive
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cruel
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indifferent
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Having a body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded.
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- Having a body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded.
- Lacking feeling or emotion:
- Executed without feeling or emotion:
Devoid of sympathy or feeling.
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- Devoid of sympathy or feeling.
- Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless
Without compassion; hardhearted.
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Difficult to endure; causing hardship or suffering:
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- Difficult to endure; causing hardship or suffering:
- Lacking in shade; undiminished:
- Stern, strict, or demanding:
(Informal) Not affected by sentiment, pity, etc.; tough; callous
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- (Informal) Not affected by sentiment, pity, etc.; tough; callous
- Unsentimental and practical; tough.
- Of or designating a style of genre fiction dealing in a straightforward, cynical way with criminals, detectives, etc.
Confirmed or inveterate, esp. in wrong or immoral behavior; habitual
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- Confirmed or inveterate, esp. in wrong or immoral behavior; habitual
- Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.
- Made or become hard or harder (in various senses)
Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
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- Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- Lacking in feeling or compassion; pitiless and cold.
Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable:
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- Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable:
- Hardened against feeling; hardhearted:
- Not easily moved to pity or sympathy; hardhearted
Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
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- Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- Devoid of kindness or sympathy; hardhearted.
- Cruel, compassionless, discompassionate, as if having a heart made of stone.
attitude
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