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merciless
adjective mer·ci·less \ˈmər-si-ləs\
: having or showing no mercy : very cruel or harsh
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First Known Use of MERCILESS
14th century
Related to MERCILESS
- Synonyms
- affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, hard, obdurate, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, stony (also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympathetic
- Antonyms
- charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted
MERCILESSLY Defined for Kids
merciless
adjective mer·ci·less \ˈmər-si-ləs\
Definition of MERCILESS for Kids
: having no mercy or pity <These people, she thought, would be merciless critics. — Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables>
— mer·ci·less·ly adverb
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