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English noun: mercilessness

1. mercilessness (feeling) feelings of extreme heartlessness


Synonymscruelty, pitilessness, ruthlessness


Broader (hypernym)coldheartedness, hardheartedness, heartlessness

2. mercilessness (attribute) inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving


Synonymsunmercifulness


Broader (hypernym)inhumaneness, inhumanity


Narrower (hyponym)inexorability, inexorableness, pitilessness, relentlessness, ruthlessness


Antonymsmercifulness, mercy









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