Pitiless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɪtɪləs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pitiless is an adjective meaning Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
Meaning
Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
More Meanings
- Having no kind feelings; unkind.
Example Sentences
O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?
Her clothes were torn to mere shreds and tatters, and through the pitiful rags her once white and tender skin showed raw and bleeding from contact with the thousand pitiless thorns and brambles through which she had been dragged.
Synonyms for pitiless
Depending on context, synonyms include compassionless, hardhearted, unsympathetic, barbarous, bowelless, brutal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include merciless, remorseless, ruthless, unmerciful, unkind, inhumane.
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