Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mercilessness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mercilessness
n 1: feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: {cruelty}, {pitilessness},
{ruthlessness}]
2: inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or
forgiving [syn: {unmercifulness}] [ant: {mercifulness}]
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