unmerciful
Syllables: un·mer·ci·ful/ʌnˈmɜːsɪfl̩/US/ʌnˈmɝsɪfl̩/
unmerciful adjective: not showing mercy.
Adjective
unmerciful (comparative more unmerciful, superlative most unmerciful)
unmerciful meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
unmerciful in Urdu
- بےرحم, کٹھور, سخت, ظالم
unmerciful in Bengali
- দয়া প্রদর্শন না করা
unmerciful in Malayalam
- cruel, ruthless, harsh
- കാരുണ്യമില്ലാത്ത, നിഷ്കരുണ, ദാക്ഷിണ്യമില്ലത്ത, അകാരുണിക, ക്രൂരമായ, ദുഷ്ട
Synonyms of unmerciful
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Forms of unmerciful
| comparative | more unmerciful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unmerciful |
Origin of unmerciful
From Middle English unmerciful, unmercifull; equivalent to un- + merciful.
Words formed from unmerciful
Questions about unmerciful
- What does unmerciful mean?
- Unmerciful means not showing mercy.
- What is unmerciful in Urdu?
- Unmerciful in Urdu is بےرحم, کٹھور, سخت. See Unmerciful meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is unmerciful?
- Unmerciful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unmerciful?
- Unmerciful is pronounced /ʌnˈmɝsɪfl̩/ (US).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unmerciful (page history and authors); unmerciful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unmerciful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unmerciful (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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