different between repressive vs hardhearted

English

Etymology

repress +? -ive

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

repressive (comparative more repressive, superlative most repressive)

1. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
   • 1846 Allan Freer - The North British Review

     Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed

   • 1989 Louis Henkin - Right V. Might

     First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.

Translations

Anagrams

• pie servers

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

repressive

1. inflection of repressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

repressive

1. feminine plural of repressivo

English

Alternative forms

• hard-hearted

Etymology

hard +? hearted

Adjective

hardhearted (comparative more hardhearted, superlative most hardhearted)

1. Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

Synonyms

• stonehearted

Antonyms

• softhearted

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “hardhearted”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• “hardhearted” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "hardhearted" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)