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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIT'ILESS, a. Destitute of pity; hardhearted; applied to persons; as a pitiless master.
1. Exciting no pity; as a pitiless state.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century devoid of pity ; harsh, cruel • pitilessly adverb • pitilessness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. showing no pity (the pitiless heat of the desert). Derivatives: pitilessly adv. pitilessness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pitiless Pit"i*less, a. 1. Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements. 2. Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition. -- Pit"i*less*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*less*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone or something that is pitiless shows no pity or kindness. (LITERARY) He saw the pitiless eyes of his enemy... = merciless ADJ • pitilessly She had scorned him pitilessly. ADV

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Merciless, hard-hearted, unmerciful, unpitying, relentless, ruthless, implacable, inexorable, cruel, unfeeling, unsympathizing. 2. Unpitied.

Moby Thesaurus

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