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pit·i·less
 pitiless
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- pronunciation:
- pI
ti
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having or demonstrating no pity or mercy; ruthless.
The pitiless bullies continued to beat the old man.Her family was pitiless toward her after she'd married an outsider and fallen into poverty.- synonyms:
- cold-hearted, hardhearted, heartless, merciless, ruthless, unmerciful, unsparing
- antonyms:
- charitable, merciful, soft-hearted, tender-hearted
- similar words:
- cold-blooded, cruel, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, severe, stony, truculent, unkind, unrelenting
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| related words: |
barbarous, brutal, brute, oppressive |
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| derivations: |
pitilessly (adv.), pitilessness (n.) |
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