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UNMERCIFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing no mercy
Example:
gave him a merciless beating
Synonyms:
merciless; unmerciful
Classified under:
Similar:
bowelless; cutthroat; fierce (ruthless in competition)
mortal (unrelenting and deadly)
pitiless; remorseless; ruthless; unpitying (without mercy or pity)
tigerish (resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy)
Also:
bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)
inclement (used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy)
uncompassionate (lacking compassion or feeling for others)
hard (dispassionate)
unkind (lacking kindness)
implacable (incapable of being placated)
Derivation:
unmercifulness (inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving)
