[syn: pitiless, unkind]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pitiless \Pit"i*less\, a.
1. Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a
pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
[1913 Webster]
2. Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"i*less*ly, adv. --
Pit"i*less*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pitiless
adj 1: without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a
monster of remorseless cruelty" [syn: pitiless,
remorseless, ruthless, unpitying]
2: deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: pitiless,
unkind]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "pitiless":
atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, bloody, bowelless, brutal,
brutish, coldhearted, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferine,
ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hardhearted, harsh, heartless,
inclement, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, ironhearted, kill-crazy,
malign, malignant, marblehearted, merciless, murderous,
noncivilized, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, sanguinary,
savage, stony, tameless, uncivilized, uncompassionate,
uncompassioned, unfeeling, unforgiving, ungentle, unmerciful,
unpitiful, unpitying, unremorseful, unsympathetic, unsympathizing,
untamed, unyielding, vicious, wild, without mercy