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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNMER'CIFUL, a.
1. Not merciful; cruel; inhuman to such beings as are in one's power; not disposed to spare or forgive.
2. Unconscionable; exorbitant; as unmerciful demands.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. not merciful ; merciless 2. excessive, extreme <chatted for an unmerciful length of time> • unmercifully adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. merciless. Derivatives: unmercifully adv. unmercifulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unmerciful Un*mer"ci*ful, a. Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ness, n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Merciless, cruel, inexorable, inhuman, pitiless, unpitying, ruthless, unrelenting, unsparing. 2. (Colloq.) Exorbitant, extravagant, unconscionable, excessive.

Moby Thesaurus

barbarous, bowelless, brutal, brutish, callous, calloused, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, cruel, dog-eat-dog, flinthearted, flinty, hard, hard of heart, hardened, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, inclement, inexorable, insensitive, mean, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, savage, stonyhearted, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unforgiving, unkind, unnatural, unpitiful, unpitying, unremorseful, unresponsive, unsparing, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, unyielding, vicious, without mercy