Hypertext Webster Gateway: "relentless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Relentless \Re*lent"less\, a.
Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to
the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness;
unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless
despotism.
For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . .
Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. --Dryden.
-- {Re*lent"less*ly}, adv. -- {Re*lent"less*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
relentless
adj 1: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;"grim
determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final
hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable
certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern
demands of parenthood [syn: {grim}, {inexorable}, {stern},
{unappeasable}, {unforgiving}, {unrelenting}]
2: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: {persistent},
{unrelenting}]
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