English adjective: unforgiving | |||
| 1. | unforgiving unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy | ||
| Samples | A surly unforgiving old woman. | ||
| Similar | revengeful, vengeful, vindictive | ||
| Antonyms | forgiving | ||
| 2. | unforgiving not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | ||
| Samples | Grim determination. Grim necessity. Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty. Relentless persecution. The stern demands of parenthood. | ||
| Synonyms | grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unrelenting | ||
| Similar | implacable | ||
| Antonyms | placable | ||