11 definitions found for merciless

Merciless MER'CILESS, a. Destitute of mercy; unfeeling; pitiless; hard-hearted; cruel; as a merciless tyrant.
1. Not sparing; as the merciless waves or tempest.

merciless adj 1: having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" [syn: merciless, unmerciful] [ant: merciful]

merciless crimeless

merciless adjective Date: 14th century having or showing no mercy ; pitiless • mercilessly adverb • mercilessness noun

merciless
adj.
1 pitiless.
2 showing no mercy.
Derivatives:
mercilessly adv. mercilessness n.

merciless If you describe someone as merciless, you mean that they are very cruel or determined and do not show any concern for the effect their actions have on other people. ...the merciless efficiency of a modern police state. = ruthless ADJ • mercilessly We teased him mercilessly... ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj, ADV with cl

merciless ˈmə:sɪlɪs adj. 1 pitiless. 2 showing no mercy. øømercilessly adv. mercilessness n.

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.

merciless a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell, hard-hearted, severe, barbarous, savage, unsparing.

merciless ˈmə:sɪlɪs adj. cruel, pitiless, ruthless, heartless, unmerciful, inhumane, inhuman, brutal, savage, barbarous, barbaric, barbarian, crude, rude, rough, harsh, tough, callous, hard, hard-hearted, illiberal, tyrannical, stony-hearted, cold, severe, unsparing, insensitive, indifferent, unsympathetic, unforgiving, ungracious, malevolent, thoughtless, uncharitable, inconsiderate, unmoved, unbending, inflexible, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable: Their captors proved to be utterly merciless. The merciless sun beat down on the desert outpost.

79 Moby Thesaurus words for "merciless": atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, bloody, bowelless, brutal, brutish, callous, cold, crude, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, hard, harsh, heartless, illiberal, implacable, inclement, inconsiderate, indifferent, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, kill-crazy, malevolent, malign, malignant, mortal, murderous, noncivilized, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, severe, tameless, thoughtless, tough, tyrannical, unappeasable, unbending, uncalled-for, uncharitable, uncivilized, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unflinching, unforgiving, ungentle, ungracious, unmerciful, unmoved, unpitiful, unpitying, unrelenting, unremorseful, unsparing, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untamed, unyielding, vicious, wanton, wild, without mercy