Meaning of MERCILESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'mursilis
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bowelless, cutthroat, fierce, mortal(a), pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, tigerish, unmerciful, unpitying |
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| | Antonyms: | | merciful | | |
| | See Also: | | bloody, hard, implacable, inclement, uncompassionate, unkind | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mer"ci*less\, a.
Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate
beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless
tyrant; merciless waves.
The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak.
Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless;
barbarous; savage. -- {Mer"ci*less*ly}, adv. --
{Mer"ci*less*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, bloody, bowelless, brutal, brutish, callous, cold, crude, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, hard, harsh, heartless, illiberal, implacable, inclement, inconsiderate, indifferent, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, kill-crazy, malevolent, malign, malignant, mortal, murderous, noncivilized, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, severe, tameless, thoughtless, tough, tyrannical, unappeasable, unbending, uncalled-for, uncharitable, uncivilized, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unflinching, unforgiving, ungentle, ungracious, unmerciful, unmoved, unpitiful, unpitying, unrelenting, unremorseful, unsparing, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untamed, unyielding, vicious, wanton, wild, without mercy |
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