[syn: persistent, relentless, unrelenting]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unrelenting \Un`re*lent"ing\, a.
Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. --
Un`re*lent"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unrelenting
adj 1: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
"grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final
hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty";
"relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of
parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless,
stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]
2: harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter" [syn:
brutal, unrelenting]
3: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn:
persistent, relentless, unrelenting]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
137 Moby Thesaurus words for "unrelenting":
adamant, adamantine, assiduous, cast-iron, constant, continuing,
de longue haleine, diligent, dogged, dour, endless, enduring,
extended, faithful, filled out, firm, flinty, fundamentalist, grim,
hard, hard-core, hidebound, immovable, immutable, implacable,
impliable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious,
inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent,
invincible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable,
lasting, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, long-spun, long-winded,
longiloquent, loyal, merciless, mortal, muscle-bound, never-tiring,
obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, padded, patient, patient as Job,
permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting,
pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, procrustean, prolix,
protracted, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, rapt, relentless,
resolute, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed,
rockbound, ruthless, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging,
spun-out, stable, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff,
straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn, talkative, tenacious,
tireless, unabating, unaffected, unalterable, unappeasable,
unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unconquerable, undaunted,
undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging,
unflinching, ungiving, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmoved,
unnodding, unrelaxing, unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving,
untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding,
utterly attentive, verbose, weariless, windy, wordy