pitiless
[pit-i-lis, pit-ee-]
- feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
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Origin of pitiless
Synonyms
See more synonyms for pitiless on Thesaurus.comunmerciful, implacable, relentless.
Synonym study
See cruel.
Antonyms
merciful.
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Examples from the Web for pitiless
Contemporary Examples
And his pitiless beliefs would be no stranger to the political discourse of today.
Efficiency may seem a pitiless term to use but it does have meaning.
I shall bring him forth and shine on him the pitiless light of history.
If they complained, they received a no doubt well-deserved and pitiless beating.
We thus remember Portnoy, impaling with pitiless thrusts invasive mothers, plugged-up fathers, dizzying shikses in heat.
Historical Examples
Her struggles met only the unbending, pitiless resistance of steel.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
I knew there must be help; some hand outstretched in a pitiless world.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
In fine, our fathers bore the brunt of more raging and pitiless elements than we.
Old NewsNathaniel Hawthorne
She wriggled her chin in his palm, trying to free herself from his pitiless staring.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
If there be a pitiless community in this world, it is a small New England village.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
pitiless
- having or showing little or no pity or mercy
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Word Origin and History for pitiless
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