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Definition of Pitiless
1. Adjective. Without mercy or pity. "A monster of remorseless cruelty"
Similar to: Merciless, Unmerciful
Derivative terms: Pitilessness, Ruthlessness, Ruthlessness
2. Adjective. Deficient in humane and kindly feelings.
Definition of Pitiless
1. a. Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
Definition of Pitiless
1. Adjective. having, or showing, no pity; merciless ¹
2. Adjective. having no kindly feelings; unkind ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pitiless
1. having no pity [adj]
Medical Definition of Pitiless
1. 1. Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements. 2. Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition. Pit"ilessly, Pit"ilessness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitiless
Literary usage of Pitiless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the American Indian: His Origin, Development, Decline and Destiny by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1887)
"THE pitiless MAN-HUNTER. It was, at least, but stern and merited justice that
fate visited upon these earlier explorers in a land wherein they hoped to find ..."
2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Farewell, for dewy Night has wheeled her way "Far past her middle course; the
panting steeds "Of orient Morn breathe pitiless upon me," He spoke, ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... The sickness — the nausea — The pitiless pain — Have ceased with the fever
That maddened my ... pitiless ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... who struck me AS HARD AS NAILS not long since. 2. (colloquial).—Harsh ;
unyielding ; pitiless. ..."
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