Merciless
['mɜːsɪlɪs]
Definition
(adj.) having or showing no mercy; 'the merciless enemy'; 'a merciless critic'; 'gave him a merciless beating' .
Edited by Cecilia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.
Typist: Montague
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell.
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Examples
- The sun had now got far to the west of south and stood directly in her face, like some merciless incendiary, brand in hand, waiting to consume her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Afterward Empson and Dudley, two voracious dogs of prey, under the protection of this high court, exercised the most merciless acts of oppression. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The jokes were frightful, and merciless against him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The first was already safe in a bedroom; he held the door against his fellow--nothing so merciless as terror. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Truthful, upright, independent you are, as a rock based below seas; but also you are harsh, rude, narrow, and merciless. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I saw merciless anger in her eyes; I saw merciless contempt on her lips. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Every vestige of clothing was torn from him, and the merciless blows fell upon his bare and quivering flesh. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The merciless beasts! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When a woman once dislikes another she is merciless! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- How merciless he is to us weak mortals, Mr. Archer! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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