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mercilessness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Merciless  \Mer"ci*less\,  a. 
  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.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Cruel;  unmerciful;  remorseless;  ruthless;  pitiless; 
  barbarous;  savage.  --  {Mer"ci*less*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Mer"ci*less*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mercilessness 
  n  1:  feelings  of  extreme  heartlessness  [syn:  {cruelty},  {pitilessness}, 
  {ruthlessness}] 
  2:  inhumaneness  evidenced  by  an  unwillingness  to  be  kind  or 
  forgiving  [syn:  {unmercifulness}]  [ant:  {mercifulness}]




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