Interestingly enough, I never knew of Roy Orbison until his death in 1988 but never identified his songs until his death which I identified with the music he wrote or sang. As so many greats, Elvis, Johnny Cash as they knew and sang with him. He was of the best when it came to rock and roll of the 50âs/60âs.
Cold-hearted means unfeeling or unsympathetic, sometimes even cruel. Someone who disregards your feelings or acts maliciously towards you could be called cold-hearted. The heart is associated with feelings of tenderness, compassion, and love. Coldness is associated with harshness. So a cold heart would be devoid of the usual positive associations of a (warm) heart.
...a cold-blooded murderer. This was a brutal and cold-blooded killing. cold-bloodedly graded adverb. He hated whites from the age of six, when they cold-bloodedly murdered his father. 2. adjective. Cold-blooded animals have a body temperature that changes according to the surrounding temperature.