Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cruel-heartedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: cru-el--heart-ed-ness
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being cruel-hearted; lack of compassion and kindness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"More tragical and more inscrutably mysterious than any mystic sight, human or machine, throughout the factory, was the strange innocence of cruel-heartedness in this usage-hardened boy."

Etymology

From cruel-hearted + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cruel-hearted

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cruelheartedness (alternative)

Questions

What does cruel-heartedness mean?: The quality of being cruel-hearted; lack of compassion and kindness.
Where does cruel-heartedness come from?: From cruel-hearted + -ness.

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