Synonyms for pitiless
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Remorseless — having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless
remorseless, merciless, ruthless, unmerciful, savage, cruel, inhuman, implacable, brutal, unfeeling, hard-hearted, relentless, heartless, ferocious, inexorable, barbarous, sanguinary, unsympathetic, unkind, stony, unpitying, fell
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
Related words
- Word family
- pitilessly pitilessness
Example sentences
- ruthless The gang is lead by a ruthless criminal called Tom.
- merciless The Vandals were known for their merciless brutality.
- remorseless Bruno reacted in a very remorseless way.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pitiless | rising | |
| ruthless | rising | |
| merciless | rising | |
| remorseless | rising | |
| unmerciful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fell1
- 5 letters
- cruel2, stony2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, savage2, unkind2
- 7 letters
- inhuman3
- 8 letters
- ruthless2
- 9 letters
- heartless2, ferocious3, merciless3, barbarous3, unfeeling3, unpitying
- 10 letters
- relentless3, implacable4, inexorable5, unmerciful4, sanguinary
- 11 letters
- remorseless3
- 13 letters
- unsympathetic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).