What does impiteous mean?
Impiteous means (obsolete) Not showing pity or mercy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Not showing pity or mercy..
[…] cruell Ualerian Uoide of all fauoure, most impiteous Of Emperoures all, none more vngracious Against Christes faithe,
The Ocean (ouer-peering of his List) Eates not the Flats with more impittious haste Then young Laertes, in a Riotous head, Ore-beares your Officers,
Through full three thousand years the world reveres Blind Love that bears the quiver and hath wings: Now too he’s deaf, and to the sufferings Of folk in anguish turns impiteous ears.
Use impiteous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Impiteous means (obsolete) Not showing pity or mercy..
Common synonyms include cruel, pitiless.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] cruell Ualerian Uoide of all fauoure, most impiteous Of Emperoures all, none more vngracious Against Christes faithe,
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