Pitiless
['pɪtɪlɪs]
Definition
(adj.) deficient in humane and kindly feelings .
(adj.) without mercy or pity; 'an act of ruthless ferocity'; 'a monster of remorseless cruelty' .
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Definition
(a.) Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
(a.) Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Merciless, unmerciful, unpitying, relentless, ruthless, implacable, inexorable, cruel, unfeeling, unsympathizing.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Merciless, unsparing, inexorable, cruel
ANT:Pitiful, tender, merciful, compassionate, lenient, indulgent,[See {[^]?}]
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Examples
- How they must have tugged at the pitiless fetters as the fierce fires surged around them! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It seemed cruel to keep that pitiless inscription still staring from the walls after the unhappy wretch had been in his grave five hundred years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Ocean drank in, and absorbed my feeble voice, replying with pitiless roar. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Hear, O ye inhabitants of the earth, he cried, hear thou, all seeing, but most pitiless Heaven! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We could not properly begin a pleasure excursion on Sunday; we could not offer untried stomachs to so pitiless a sea as that. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But submission only increased the arrogance of Rome and the pitiless greed of the rich Equestrian order which swayed her counsels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ship after ship reeled and staggered into uselessness beneath the pitiless fire that we were undergoing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This black and pitiless intolerance was an evil spirit to be mixed into the project of a rule of God on earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She had tried them; wanted to make them pass; could not; and the pitiless little woman had found a pretext, and determined to be free. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There is a pitiless wind, and a sharp, frozen sleet, besides the depth under foot. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Still, though thus pitiless in moral anatomy, she was no scandal-monger. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They say many of the poor patients at the hospitalswho tremble before some pitiless and selfish surgeons, welcome him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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