merciless
[mur-si-lis]
adjective
without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
Origin of merciless
Synonyms for merciless
Antonyms for merciless
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Related Words for mercilessness
brutality, inhumanity, depravity, malice, barbarity, persecution, barbarism, ferocity, severity, savagery, torture, bestiality, rancor, despotism, sadism, wickedness, spite, animality, fierceness, venomExamples from the Web for mercilessness
Historical Examples of mercilessness
The girl was appalled by the mercilessness of a destiny that had so outraged right.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
The mercilessness and cruelty of the Spartans were proverbial.
Aristotle and Ancient Educational IdealsThomas Davidson
God will rule the world by justice as long as we rule it by our mercilessness.
Serbia in Light and DarknessNikolaj Velimirovic
Taltavull shrieked for the driver to quicken, and the driver used the butt of his whip-stock with true Southern mercilessness.
The Recipe for DiamondsCharles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
Djezzar means butcher: he had well earned this title by the mercilessness of his administration.
The History of Napoleon BuonaparteJohn Gibson Lockhart
merciless
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