merciless
/ˈmɜːsɪləs/US/ˈmɝsɪləs/
merciless adjective: showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
Adjective
merciless (comparative more merciless, superlative most merciless)
- Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
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- But the ruthless cleaning up of those streets and merciless treatment of gang members have triggered outrage and concern among human rights organizations, which have condemned Cecot as inhumane and unacceptable.2024 November 6, David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, “Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- unmerciful, cruel, pitiless, ruthless, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, flagitious, demonic
- Antonyms:
- merciful
merciless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
merciless in Hindi
- showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless
- निर्दय nirday, निष्ठुर niṣṭhur, निर्दयी nirdayī, क्रूर krūr
merciless in Tamil
- இரக்கமற்ற, பொருக்கு மனமற்ற
merciless in Urdu
- merciless
- نردیی nirdayī
- merciless; bloodthirsty
- پٹھان paṭhān
merciless in Bengali
- merciless, ruthless, devoid of kindness, cruel
- অকরুণ okorun
- merciless
- দয়াহীন doẏahin, নিষ্ঠুর niśṭhur
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- merciless in Malayalam
- ദാക്ഷിണ്യമില്ലാത്ത, അസഹ, ക്ഷമിക്കാത്ത, അലിവില്ലാത്ത
- merciless in Kannada
- ಕನಿಕರವಿಲ್ಲದ
- merciless in Punjabi
- پٹھان paṭhāṇ, ਪਠਾਣ paṭhāṇ
- merciless in Odia
- ପଠାଣ paṭhāṇa
- merciless in Tagalog
- walang awa
- merciless in Indonesian
- sadis
Examples of merciless in a sentence
- Since being discovered, Weird Twitter has been poked, prodded, analyzed and made merciless fun of.
- That sweet-sounding word was merciless and I could not bear to hear it.
- The second way to gain such credentials is to be the victim of their merciless talents.
Synonyms of merciless
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Antonyms
Forms of merciless
| comparative | more merciless |
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| superlative | most merciless |
Origin of merciless
From Middle English merciles, mercyles, equivalent to mercy + -less.
Words formed from merciless
Questions about merciless
- What does merciless mean?
- Merciless means showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
- What is merciless in Hindi?
- Merciless in Hindi is निर्दय (nirday), निष्ठुर (niṣṭhur), निर्दयी (nirdayī). See Merciless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is merciless?
- Merciless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce merciless?
- Merciless is pronounced /ˈmɜːsɪləs/ (UK).
Words near merciless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: merciless (page history and authors); merciless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); نردیی (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকরুণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); merciless (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); merciless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پٹھان (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ପଠାଣ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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