Synonyms of compassionless
65 similar words
Another word for compassionless is fell. Other synonyms of compassionless are brutal, malicious, ruthless, inhuman and sadistic.
Synonyms and similar words for compassionless
adjectiveWithout compassion; hardhearted.
- mercilessShowing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
- pitilessHaving, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
- unsympatheticNot sympathetic; ill-disposed.
- barbarousMercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.
- brutalSavagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
- cruel
- flagitious formal
- demonic figurativelyExtremely cruel or evil; abhorrent or repugnant; diabolical.
- diabolic figurativelyWicked; evil; cruel.
- diabolical figurativelyExtremely wicked or cruel.
- fellOf a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
- incessiveFierce; cruel and aggressive.
- inhumanOf or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
- inhumane
- maliciousIntending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
- nastySpiteful, unkind.
- nonhumaneNot humane, inhumane.
- remorselessWithout remorse, mercy or pity.
- rottenCruel, mean or immoral.
- ruthlessWithout pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
- sadisticDelighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
- savageBrutal, vicious, or merciless.
- spitefulFilled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
- truculentCruel or savage.
- unbenevolentNot benevolent.
- unbenignNot benign; malevolent.
- unkind
- unmercifulNot showing mercy.
- unpityingNot feeling or showing pity.
- callous
- cold
- insensate formal
- hardhanded
- cold-eyedThat looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
- dour
- thick-skinned
- flint-heartedSynonym of hardhearted.
- forbiddingAppearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
- frosty
- grim
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hardened
- hardheartedLacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.
- heartless
- harsh
- humorlessLacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- icy
- iron-heartedSynonym of hardhearted.
- insensitive
- marble-heartedEmotionally cold, cruel, and unfeeling.
- rigorous
- rockheartedSynonym of hardhearted.
- severe
- stern
- stoneheartedSynonym of hardhearted.
- stony
- stonyheartedCruel, compassionless, discompassionate, as if having a heart made of stone.
- strict
- tough
- unmoved
- bowelless obsoleteWithout pity.
- despiteful archaicFull of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
- inclement obsoleteMerciless, unrelenting.
- unpitiful archaicWithout pity; pitiless.
Meaning of compassionless
- adjective Without compassion; hardhearted.
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