NOUN | attribute | unmercifulness, mercilessness | inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving |
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Meaning | inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving. | |
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Synonym | mercilessness | |
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 | unmerciful | having or showing no mercy |
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