'Unsparing' definitions:
Definition of 'unsparing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
adjective
Not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"
Definition of 'Unsparing'
From: GCIDE
- Unsparing \Un*spar"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of spare.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*spar"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*spar"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unsparing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- astringent,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- bighearted,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- demanding,
- diligent,
- dour,
- energetic,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- fervent,
- free,
- freehanded,
- freehearted,
- generous,
- giving,
- gracious,
- greathearted,
- grim,
- handsome,
- hard,
- hardworking,
- harsh,
- hospitable,
- inclement,
- indefatigable,
- industrious,
- laborious,
- large,
- largehearted,
- lavish,
- liberal,
- magnanimous,
- meticulous,
- munificent,
- never idle,
- open,
- openhanded,
- openhearted,
- princely,
- profuse,
- relentless,
- rough,
- rugged,
- sedulous,
- severe,
- sleepless,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- stern,
- stintless,
- strenuous,
- strict,
- stringent,
- tireless,
- tough,
- unflagging,
- ungentle,
- ungrudging,
- unremitting,
- unselfish,
- unsleeping,
- unstinted,
- unstinting,
- unwearied,
- vehement,
- zealous