Unmerciful

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  • adjective. Having or exhibiting no mercy; merciless.
  • adjective. Exceeding a normal or reasonable limit; excessive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not merciful; not influenced by mercy; unkind; cruel; inhuman; merciless: of persons or things.
  • Unconscionable; exorbitant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
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  • adjective. not showing mercy
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  • adjective. having or showing no mercy
    • Word Usage
    "Due to unmerciful teasing from his classmates, B. had shed his first name in junior high."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    merciful  
    cross-reference
    cruel  inhuman  unmerciful parliament  
    Equivalent
    bowelless  cutthroat  fierce  mortal  pitiless  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    covetous  hard-hearted  inexorable  inhumane  iniquitous  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    barbarous  bowelless  brutal  brutish  callous  
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