Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no mercy; cruel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of mercy; unfeeling; pitiless; hard-hearted; cruel; relentless; unsparing: as, a merciless tyrant.
- Without hope of mercy.
- Synonyms Unmerciful, severe, inexorable, unrelenting, barbarous, savage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things
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- adjective showing no
mercy ;cruel andpitiless
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or showing no mercy
Etymologies
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Examples
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But they returned in the late morning, shaken by what they described as a merciless surprise attack by government forces with rocket- propelled grenades and heavy artillery.
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But they returned in the late morning, shaken by what they described as a merciless surprise attack by government forces with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy artillery.
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But they returned in the late morning, shaken by what they described as a merciless surprise attack by government forces with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy artillery.
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Opening the prosecution case today, Gerard Elias QC said the two double killings ammounted to what he called merciless executions for pitifully small gain.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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They are described as merciless with people who tell them less than the truth.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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They are described as merciless with people who tell them less than the truth.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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It's addressed to his supporters both inside and outside Iraq and it takes a swipe at Americans, which Saddam refers to as merciless tyrants.
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And it takes a swipe at Americans, which Saddam refers to as merciless tyrants.
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It's addressed to his supporters both inside and outside Iraq and it takes a swipe at Americans, which Saddam refers to as merciless tyrants.
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He is filled with what might be called a merciless pity, a sympathy almost malicious.
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