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Meaning of cruel-heartedness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

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

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Crueler Cruelest cruelheartedness cruell Cruella Crueller

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