unmerciful

unmerciful
Synonyms and related words:
barbarous, bowelless, brutal, brutish, callous, calloused, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, cruel, dog-eat-dog, flinthearted, flinty, hard, hard of heart, hardened, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, inclement, inexorable, insensitive, mean, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, savage, stonyhearted, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unforgiving, unkind, unnatural, unpitiful, unpitying, unremorseful, unresponsive, unsparing, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, unyielding, vicious, without mercy

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  • Unmerciful — Un*mer ci*ful, a. Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind. {Un*mer ci*ful*ly}, adv. {Un*mer ci*ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unmerciful — index brutal, callous, cold blooded, cruel, harsh, inexorable, malignant, obdurate, relentless …   Law dictionary

  • unmerciful — late 15c., from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + MERCIFUL (Cf. merciful). Related: Unmercifully …   Etymology dictionary

  • unmerciful — [adj] cruel bestial, bloodthirsty, brutal, coldhearted, hard, heartless, hurtful, implacable, inhumane, merciless, monstrous, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, tyrannous, uncaring, unfeeling, unpitying, unrelenting, unsparing, vengeful …   New thesaurus

  • unmerciful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing no mercy. DERIVATIVES unmercifully adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unmerciful — [un mʉr′si fəl] adj. 1. having or showing no mercy; cruel; relentless; pitiless 2. beyond what is proper or usual; excessive unmercifully adv …   English World dictionary

  • unmerciful — adj. unmerciful to, towards * * * [ʌn mɜːsɪf(ə)l] towards unmerciful to …   Combinatory dictionary

  • unmerciful — adjective Date: 14th century 1. not merciful ; merciless 2. excessive, extreme < chatted for an unmerciful length of time > • unmercifully adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unmerciful — unmercifully, adv. unmercifulness, n. /un merr si feuhl/, adj. 1. merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless. 2. unsparingly great, extreme, or excessive, as amounts: to talk for an unmerciful length of time. [1475 85; UN 1 + MERCIFUL] * * * …   Universalium

  • unmerciful — adjective not showing mercy Syn: merciless Ant: merciful …   Wiktionary

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