mercilessness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- feelings of extreme heartlessnessSynonyms: crueltypitilessnessruthlessnessType of heartlessness, coldheartedness
- inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgivingSynonyms: unmercifulnessOpposite mercifulnessType of inhumaneness, inhumanityKinds relentlessness, pitilessness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“mercilessness” is listed under Merciless.
Mer′ci·less adjective
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.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage.
— Mer′wb-a1′>′ci·less·ly, adverb — Mer′wb-a1′>′ci·less·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54