| Main Entry: | unmerciful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel |
Synonyms: |
bestial, bloodthirsty, brutal, coldhearted, hard, heartless, hurtful, implacable, inhumane, merciless, monstrous, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, tyrannous, uncaring, unfeeling, unpitying, unrelenting, unsparing, vengeful, vindictive |
Antonyms: |
generous, kind, merciful, nice |
| Main Entry: | brutal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, remorseless |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, ferocious, gruff, hard, harsh, heartless, impolite, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, uncivil, uncivilized, unfeeling, unmannerly, unmerciful, vicious |
Antonyms: |
generous, humane, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | dog-eat-dog |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viciously competitive |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, brutal, competitive, cutthroat, every person for themselves, fierce, merciless, ruthless, unmerciful, vicious, voracious, without mercy |
| Main Entry: | ferocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violent, barbaric |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, cruel, fell, feral, fierce, frightful, grim, implacable, inhuman, inhumane, lupine, merciless, murderous, pitiless, predatory, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, relentless, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, tigerish, truculent, unmerciful, unrestrained, untamed, vehement, vicious, voracious, wild, wolfish |
Antonyms: |
gentle, innocent, kind, mild, nonviolent, tame, tender |
| Main Entry: | inclement |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, merciless |
Synonyms: |
callous, draconian, harsh, intemperate, pitiless, rigorous, ruthless, savage, severe, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unmerciful |
Antonyms: |
kind, merciful, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | merciless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, callous, compassionless, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, fierce, gratuitous, grim, hard, hardhearted, harsh, hatchet job, having a killer instinct, implacable, inexorable, inhumane, iron-fisted, mean machine, mortal, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, unappeasable, uncalled-for, unfeeling, unflinching, unforgiving, unmerciful, unpitying, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, unyielding, wanton |
Antonyms: |
giving, kind, merciful, nice, sparing, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | remorseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without guilt in spite of wrongdoing |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, barbarous, bloody, callous, cruel, fierce, forbidding, greedy, grim, hard, hard-bitten, hard-hearted, hardened, harsh, impenitent, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, murderous, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, rigorous, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, shameless, sour, tough, tyrannical, uncompassionate, uncontrite, unforgiving, unmerciful, unregenerate, unrelenting, unremitting, unrepenting, unyielding, vindictive |
Antonyms: |
ashamed, guilty, remorseful, sad, sorry |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
Synonyms: |
adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, ironfisted, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unappeasable, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, without pity |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | uncharitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ungenerous |
Synonyms: |
harsh, merciless, selfish, uncaring, uncompassionate, unfair, unforgiving, unkind, unmerciful, unsympathizing |
Antonyms: |
charitable, generous |
| Main Entry: | unsparing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
Synonyms: |
abundant, bountiful, extravagant, free, giving, hard, inexorable, liberal, munificent, openhanded, procrustean, profuse, relentless, ruthless, severe, ungrudging, unmerciful |
Antonyms: |
gentle, merciful |