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Definition of Mercilessness
1. Noun. Feelings of extreme heartlessness.
Exact synonyms: Cruelty, Pitilessness, Ruthlessness
Generic synonyms: Coldheartedness, Hardheartedness, Heartlessness
Derivative terms: Merciless, Pitiless, Ruthless
Generic synonyms: Coldheartedness, Hardheartedness, Heartlessness
Derivative terms: Merciless, Pitiless, Ruthless
2. Noun. Inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving.
Exact synonyms: Unmercifulness
Generic synonyms: Inhumaneness, Inhumanity
Specialized synonyms: Pitilessness, Ruthlessness, Inexorability, Inexorableness, Relentlessness
Antonyms: Mercifulness
Derivative terms: Merciless, Unmerciful
Generic synonyms: Inhumaneness, Inhumanity
Specialized synonyms: Pitilessness, Ruthlessness, Inexorability, Inexorableness, Relentlessness
Antonyms: Mercifulness
Derivative terms: Merciless, Unmerciful
Definition of Mercilessness
1. Noun. The property of being merciless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mercilessness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercilessness
Literary usage of Mercilessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Skeptical Era in Modern History: Or, The Infidelity of the Eighteenth by Truman Marcellus Post (1856)
"... Infidel Scholars—Monarchs—Popes—Repressive measures of the Sixteenth Century—Their
utter mercilessness—Terror—Silence —Italy stifled but not believing. ..."
2. The Humane Review (1901)
"THE mercilessness OF "SPORT." OH ! the pity of it all. We can trace back the
existence of man into the dim and misty ages of " the far long ago ; " we find ..."
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