'Merciless' definitions:
Definition of 'merciless'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" [syn: merciless, unmerciful] [ant: merciful]
Definition of 'Merciless'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage. [1913 Webster] -- {Mer"ci*less*ly}, adv. -- {Mer"ci*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'merciless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atrocious,
- barbarian,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- bestial,
- bloody,
- bowelless,
- brutal,
- brutish,
- callous,
- cold,
- crude,
- cruel,
- cutthroat,
- dog-eat-dog,
- feral,
- ferine,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- hard,
- harsh,
- heartless,
- illiberal,
- implacable,
- inclement,
- inconsiderate,
- indifferent,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- insensitive,
- kill-crazy,
- malevolent,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mortal,
- murderous,
- noncivilized,
- pitiless,
- relentless,
- remorseless,
- rough,
- rude,
- ruthless,
- sanguinary,
- savage,
- severe,
- tameless,
- thoughtless,
- tough,
- tyrannical,
- unappeasable,
- unbending,
- uncalled-for,
- uncharitable,
- uncivilized,
- uncompassionate,
- uncompassioned,
- unfeeling,
- unflinching,
- unforgiving,
- ungentle,
- ungracious,
- unmerciful,
- unmoved,
- unpitiful,
- unpitying,
- unrelenting,
- unremorseful,
- unsparing,
- unsympathetic,
- unsympathizing,
- untamed,
- unyielding,
- vicious,
- wanton,
- wild,
- without mercy