'Relentless' definitions:
Definition of 'relentless'
From: WordNet
adjective
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, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]
adjective
Never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: persistent, relentless, unrelenting]
Definition of 'Relentless'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . . Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*lent"less*ly}, adv. -- {Re*lent"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'relentless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- bound,
- bound and determined,
- bowelless,
- cast-iron,
- ceaseless,
- certain,
- committed,
- constant,
- continual,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- cruel,
- decided,
- decisive,
- dedicated,
- definite,
- determined,
- devoted,
- diligent,
- dog-eat-dog,
- dogged,
- dour,
- earnest,
- enduring,
- energetic,
- faithful,
- fated,
- fateful,
- ferocious,
- fervent,
- fierce,
- firm,
- flinty,
- fundamentalist,
- grim,
- habitual,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- hardworking,
- harsh,
- heartless,
- hidebound,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- inalterable,
- incessant,
- inclement,
- indefatigable,
- indefeasible,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- inelastic,
- ineluctable,
- inescapable,
- inevasible,
- inevitable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- inhuman,
- insistent,
- intractable,
- intransigent,
- invincible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- irreconcilable,
- irresistible,
- irrevocable,
- laborious,
- lasting,
- loyal,
- merciless,
- mortal,
- muscle-bound,
- necessary,
- never idle,
- never-tiring,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- orthodox,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- pitiless,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupied,
- procrustean,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- purposeful,
- rapt,
- regular,
- remorseless,
- resistless,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rock-ribbed,
- rockbound,
- ruthless,
- sedulous,
- serious,
- sincere,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- stable,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- steely,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stiff-necked,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strenuous,
- strict,
- stringent,
- stubborn,
- sure,
- sure as death,
- sure as fate,
- tenacious,
- tireless,
- tough,
- unabated,
- unabating,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unappeasable,
- unavoidable,
- unbending,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchangeable,
- uncompassionate,
- uncompassioned,
- uncompromising,
- unconquerable,
- uncontrollable,
- undaunted,
- undeflectable,
- undeviating,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unfeeling,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unforgiving,
- ungiving,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unmerciful,
- unmoved,
- unmoving,
- unnodding,
- unpitiful,
- unpitying,
- unpreventable,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unremorseful,
- unsleeping,
- unsparing,
- unstoppable,
- unswerving,
- unsympathetic,
- unsympathizing,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- unyielding,
- utterly attentive,
- vehement,
- weariless,
- wholehearted,
- without mercy,
- zealous