Merciless

Mer′ci-less

,

Adj.

Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; – said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things;

as, a

merciless

tyrant;

merciless

waves.

The foe is

merciless

, and will not pity.

Shakespeare

Syn. – Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage.

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Mer′ci-less-ly

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adv.

–

Mer′ci-less-ness

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Noun.

Merciless

MER'CILESS

,

Adj.

Destitute of mercy; unfeeling; pitiless; hard-hearted; cruel; as a merciless tyrant.

1.

Not sparing; as the merciless waves or tempest.

merciless

English

Adjective

merciless ‎(comparative more merciless, superlative most merciless)

showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless

Synonyms

unmerciful

Derived terms

mercilessness

Translations

showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless

Catalan: despietat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘忍 (zh), 残忍 (zh) ‎(cánrěn), 無情 (zh), 无情 (zh) ‎(wúqíng)
Czech: nemilosrdný m
Dutch: genadeloos (nl)
Finnish: armoton (fi), säälimätön (fi)
French: impitoyable (fr)
German: gnadenlos (de)
Hindi: निर्दय (hi) ‎(nirday), निष्ठुर (hi) ‎(niṣṭhur)
Indonesian: sadis (id)
Italian: spietato (it), crudele (it)
Japanese: 無慈悲 (ja) ‎(mujihi), 容赦ない ‎(yōsha nai)

Korean: 무자비하다 ‎(mujabihada)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nådeløs
Polish: bezlitosny (pl) m, niemiłosierny (pl) m
Portuguese: impiedoso, imisericordioso m
Russian: беспоща́дный (ru) ‎(bespoščádnyj), безжа́лостный (ru) ‎(bezžálostnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneasta
Spanish: despiadado (es)
Swedish: skoningslös (sv), obarmhärtig
Turkish: acımasız (tr)

Anagrams

crimeless

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Merciless

MER'CILESS

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