Usually means: Lacking empathy, unyielding emotional hardness.
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▸ noun:  (figuratively, idiomatic) A hardhearted character, stern or cruel nature.

Similar:
blackheart, sharp tongue, stoneshot, brute for punishment, heartbreaking, brutality, brute strength, stricture, hard, iron fist, more...

Opposite:
heart of gold, compassionate, empathetic, caring, kind-hearted

Phrases:
have a heart of stone, more...

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Similar:
blackheart, sharp tongue, stoneshot, brute for punishment, heartbreaking, brutality, brute strength, stricture, hard, iron fist, more...

Opposite:
heart of gold, compassionate, empathetic, caring, kind-hearted

Phrases:
have a heart of stone, more...



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