relentless
/ɹɪˈlɛntləs/
relentless adjective: unrelenting or unyielding in severity.
Adjective
relentless (comparative more relentless, superlative most relentless)
- Unrelenting or unyielding in severity.
- She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 111
- Steady and persistent; unremitting.
- In Clintonworld, the reaction to Grassley’s relentless assault on Huma is one of resignation.2016 January 31, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair, retrieved 21 Jan 2016
relentless meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
relentless in Urdu
- بےرحم, سخت مزاج, سنگ دل
relentless in Bengali
- নিরলস, অবিরাম
relentless in Malayalam
- കർക്കശമായ, ദയയില്ലാത്ത, ശമനമില്ലാത്ത, നിർദ്ദയമായ
relentless in Kannada
- ನಿಷ್ಕರುಣೆಯ, ದಯೆ ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯಗಳಿಲ್ಲದ, ನಿರ್ದಯವಾದ, ಕಠೋರ, ಉಗ್ರ, ಪಟ್ಟುಹಿಡಿದ
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- relentless in Arabic
- عَدِيم الشَّفَقَة ʕadīm aš-šafaqa, قَاسٍ qāsin
Examples of relentless in a sentence
- A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous.
- A key feature of mainstream Western media today is the relentless China-bashing.
- And yet, as the coverage became more relentless, she chose to become more cocooned.
Synonyms of relentless
- bateless
- grim
- incontestable
- inexorable
- invincible
- irresistible
- overpowering
- overwhelming
- potent
- puissant
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Antonyms
Forms of relentless
| comparative | more relentless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most relentless |
Origin of relentless
From relent + -less.
Words formed from relentless
Questions about relentless
- What does relentless mean?
- Relentless means unrelenting or unyielding in severity.
- What is relentless in Urdu?
- Relentless in Urdu is بےرحم, سخت مزاج, سنگ دل. See Relentless meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is relentless?
- Relentless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce relentless?
- Relentless is pronounced /ɹɪˈlɛntləs/.
Words near relentless in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: relentless (page history and authors); relentless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relentless (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relentless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relentless (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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