Societal Attitudes And Behaviors

adjective describes someone who lacks feeling or compassion, often used to describe a person who is unkind or cruel

• The judge described the defendant as a coldhearted criminal with no remorse for his actions.
• I can't believe how coldhearted she was when she broke up with him over text.
• Don't be so coldhearted, show some compassion for once.
• Her icy demeanor made her seem coldhearted, but deep down she was just protecting herself from getting hurt.

noun lack of compassion or empathy; cruelty

• The heartlessness of the dictator's regime was evident in their cruel treatment of dissidents.
• I can't believe the heartlessness of some people, it's just so mean.
• That guy has a heart of stone, pure heartlessness.
• The heartlessness of the storm left a path of destruction in its wake.