| Main Entry: |
merciful |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
kind, sparing |
Synonyms: |
all heart, beneficent, benign, benignant, bleeding heart, charitable, clement, compassionate, condoning,
easygoing,
feeling, forbearing, forgiving,
generous, gentle, gracious, heart in right place, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindly, lenient,
liberal, mild, pardoning,
pitiful, pitying,
soft*, softhearted, sympathetic,
tender, tenderhearted, tolerant
|
Antonyms: |
cruel, merciless, unforgiving, unkind, unmerciful
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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