2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.

Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground.

Dryden.

Heartless and melancholy.

W. Irwing.

3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The

heartless parasites." Byron.

-- Heart"less*ly, adv. -- Heart"less*ness, n.

Heart"let (-lt), n. A little heart.

Heart"lings (-lngz), interj. An exclamation used in addressing a

familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.

Heart"pea` (-p`), n. (Bot.) Same as Heartseed.

Heart"quake` (-kwk`), n. Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.

In many an hour of danger and heartquake.

Hawthorne.

Heart"rend`ing (-rnd`ng), a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with

anguish; very distressing.

Heart"-rob`bing (-rb`bng), a. 1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic.

"Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.

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