NOUN | feeling | mercilessness, cruelty, pitilessness, ruthlessness | feelings of extreme / extreme heartlessness |
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attribute | mercilessness, unmercifulness | inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving |
Meaning | Feelings of extreme / extreme heartlessness. | |
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Synonyms | cruelty, pitilessness, ruthlessness | |
Broader | heartlessness, coldheartedness, hardheartedness | An absence of concern for the welfare of others |
Spanish | crueldad | |
Catalan | crueltat | |
Adjectives | merciless | having or showing no mercy |
Meaning | inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving. | |
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Synonym | unmercifulness | |
Narrower | pitilessness, ruthlessness | mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity |
relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness | mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up | |
Broader | inhumaneness, inhumanity | The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others |
Opposite | mercifulness, mercy | A disposition to be kind and forgiving |
Adjectives | merciless | having or showing no mercy |
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