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单词 black-hearted
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Definition of black-hearted in English:

black-hearted

adjective
literary
  • Cruel and wicked; evil.

    a black-hearted villain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She is as ruthless, manipulative, and blackhearted a figure as we've ever seen on screen, but you cannot help but admire her for her devotion and single-mindedness of purpose.
    • This is blackhearted, underhanded, and criminal.
    • I was a black-hearted father to my daughter.
    • Over time, however, the word became interchangeable with cad, and was liberally applied to high-born sophisticates who also happened to be black-hearted drunkards.
    • It would take some black-hearted schadenfreude to gloat over the comedian's 75-second quickie divorce from his 18-month civil partnership.
    • I told Sam you weren't nearly as black-hearted as you'd tried to convince him you were.
    • Jones proves to be a sympathetic director, coaxing Pepper to one of his most convincing performances as a callous, black-hearted wretch.
    • Through these visions, we learn how Scrooge evolved into the black-hearted, unpleasant human being he now is.
    • It's sick for the obituary to lionize a black-hearted murderer without even a mournful mention of his innocent victims.
    • Maybe he wasn't the black-hearted creature she'd thought him.
    • How could they turn so suddenly and heap black-hearted violence on this beautiful, selfless creature who appeared in their midst?
    • In reality, the mileage tax program is just another way for black-hearted politicians to get their sticky hands into the wallets of citizens.
    • The series adopted the clever ploy of presenting Philby, Burgess, McLean and Blunt not as black-hearted traitors but as men driven at least partially by ideals.
    • Truly, Papa, you were right so long ago when you said that Darcy might not be the black-hearted villain I was making him out to be!
    • The ending is curt and far from overworked, and the ominous black-hearted villains themselves never actually put in an appearance.
    • In their corrupt and shadowy pursuit of what they consider to be evil, they themselves become more insidiously black-hearted than the repentant sinner they pursue.
    • Henry Fonda's turn as a black-hearted villain is one of the greatest moments of casting against type ever.
    • Even the most black-hearted among us have secret weaknesses that make us go all warm inside.
    • He's an intelligent man, and no-one likes being pigeonholed as a black-hearted satirist so early in their career.
    • The man who's responsible for two of the most black-hearted exposés on psychological cruelty hadn't gone soft - just cheeky and satirical.
    Synonyms
    cruel, brutal, barbarous, brutish, bestial, savage, vicious, fierce, ferocious, wicked, nasty, ruthless, remorseless, merciless, villainous, murderous, heinous, nefarious, monstrous, base, low, low-down, vile, inhuman, infernal, dark, black, fiendish, hellish, diabolical, ghastly, horrible

Derivatives

  • black-heartedness

  • noun
    literary
    • Animals can never hope to plumb the black-heartedness of men.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was convinced of the black-heartedness of those who stood in his way.
      • It might be that each thief is a black-hearted scoundrel; but it is equally possible that black-heartedness is only a feature of one or two.
      • 'Tis the first time my cousin's blackheartedness has done me some good.
      • The power-hungry authorities have displayed brutality and blackheartedness.
      Synonyms
      brutality, brutalism, cruelty, bestiality, barbarism, barbarousness, savagery, viciousness, fierceness, ferocity, wickedness, nastiness, ruthlessness, remorselessness, mercilessness, villainy, murderousness, heinousness, nefariousness, monstrousness, baseness, vileness, inhumanity, blackness, fiendishness, hellishness, ghastliness, horror

Definition of black-hearted in US English:

black-hearted

adjective
literary
  • Cruel and wicked; malevolent.

    a black-hearted villain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I told Sam you weren't nearly as black-hearted as you'd tried to convince him you were.
    • How could they turn so suddenly and heap black-hearted violence on this beautiful, selfless creature who appeared in their midst?
    • I was a black-hearted father to my daughter.
    • It would take some black-hearted schadenfreude to gloat over the comedian's 75-second quickie divorce from his 18-month civil partnership.
    • The ending is curt and far from overworked, and the ominous black-hearted villains themselves never actually put in an appearance.
    • It's sick for the obituary to lionize a black-hearted murderer without even a mournful mention of his innocent victims.
    • Even the most black-hearted among us have secret weaknesses that make us go all warm inside.
    • This is blackhearted, underhanded, and criminal.
    • Henry Fonda's turn as a black-hearted villain is one of the greatest moments of casting against type ever.
    • Maybe he wasn't the black-hearted creature she'd thought him.
    • In their corrupt and shadowy pursuit of what they consider to be evil, they themselves become more insidiously black-hearted than the repentant sinner they pursue.
    • In reality, the mileage tax program is just another way for black-hearted politicians to get their sticky hands into the wallets of citizens.
    • Over time, however, the word became interchangeable with cad, and was liberally applied to high-born sophisticates who also happened to be black-hearted drunkards.
    • Truly, Papa, you were right so long ago when you said that Darcy might not be the black-hearted villain I was making him out to be!
    • The series adopted the clever ploy of presenting Philby, Burgess, McLean and Blunt not as black-hearted traitors but as men driven at least partially by ideals.
    • She is as ruthless, manipulative, and blackhearted a figure as we've ever seen on screen, but you cannot help but admire her for her devotion and single-mindedness of purpose.
    • The man who's responsible for two of the most black-hearted exposés on psychological cruelty hadn't gone soft - just cheeky and satirical.
    • Jones proves to be a sympathetic director, coaxing Pepper to one of his most convincing performances as a callous, black-hearted wretch.
    • He's an intelligent man, and no-one likes being pigeonholed as a black-hearted satirist so early in their career.
    • Through these visions, we learn how Scrooge evolved into the black-hearted, unpleasant human being he now is.
    Synonyms
    cruel, brutal, barbarous, brutish, bestial, savage, vicious, fierce, ferocious, wicked, nasty, ruthless, remorseless, merciless, villainous, murderous, heinous, nefarious, monstrous, base, low, low-down, vile, inhuman, infernal, dark, black, fiendish, hellish, diabolical, ghastly, horrible
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