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- Dictionarymerciless/ˈməːsɪlɪs/
adjective
- 1. showing no mercy: "a merciless attack with a blunt instrument"
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having or showing no mercy: There are reports of merciless attacks on innocent civilians. There was no shelter from the merciless (= very strong) heat. Opposite. merciful approving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling. acerbically. acerbity. acidly. anti-cruelty. cold-heartedly. cruelly.
: having or showing no mercy : pitiless. the merciless killing of innocent people. mercilessly adverb. mercilessness noun. Synonyms. affectless. callous. case-hardened. cold-blooded. compassionless. desensitized. hard-boiled. hard-hearted. heartless. indurate. inhumane. insensate. insensitive. ironhearted. obdurate. pachydermatous.
Use the adjective merciless to describe someone who acts in a cruel, heartless way. You could accuse your rabbit-hunting brother of being merciless. Merciless is the antonym, or opposite, of "merciful." If a person shows no mercy or pity, she is merciless.
Merciless definition: without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel. See examples of MERCILESS used in a sentence.
If you describe someone as merciless, you mean that they are very cruel or determined and do not show any concern for the effect their actions have on other people. Whistler, as always, was merciless.
Definition of merciless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
merciless meaning, definition, what is merciless: cruel and showing no kindness or forgive...: Learn more.
