mercilessness

mercilessness: noun

1. feelings of extreme heartlessness

• Syn: ↑cruelty, ↑pitilessness, ↑ruthlessness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthless (for: ↑ruthlessness), ↑pitiless (for: ↑pitilessness), ↑merciless

• Hypernyms: ↑heartlessness, ↑coldheartedness, ↑hardheartedness

2. inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving

• Syn: ↑unmercifulness

• Ant: ↑mercifulness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑unmerciful (for: ↑unmercifulness), ↑merciless

• Hypernyms: ↑inhumaneness, ↑inhumanity

• Hyponyms: ↑pitilessness, ↑ruthlessness, ↑relentlessness, ↑inexorability, ↑inexorableness

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mercilessness — index atrocity, brutality, cruelty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
mercilessness — merciless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing no mercy. DERIVATIVES mercilessly adverb mercilessness noun … English terms dictionary
Mercilessness — Merciless Mer ci*less, a. Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. [1913 Webster] The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mercilessness — noun see merciless … New Collegiate Dictionary
mercilessness — See mercilessly. * * * … Universalium
mercilessness — noun The property of being merciless … Wiktionary
mercilessness — merÂ·ciÂ·lessÂ·ness || mÉœrsÉªlÉªsnÉªs / mÉœËs n. pitilessness, cruelness, state of lacking compassion … English contemporary dictionary
mercilessness — mer·ci·less·ness … English syllables
mercilessness — See: merciless … English dictionary
pitilessness — noun 1. feelings of extreme heartlessness • Syn: ↑cruelty, ↑mercilessness, ↑ruthlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthless (for: ↑ruthlessness), ↑pitiless, ↑ … Useful english dictionary

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