Synonyms for unmerciful
- adjective
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Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
not showing mercy
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.
- pitiless The revenge will be pitiless.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unmerciful | rising | |
| ruthless | rising | |
| merciless | rising | |
| remorseless | rising | |
| pitiless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- cruel2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, savage2, fierce1, unkind2
- 7 letters
- inhuman3, brutish2
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, sadistic3, spiteful2, pitiless3
- 9 letters
- merciless3, barbarous3, unfeeling3, unsparing3, truculent3, unpitying
- 10 letters
- relentless3, inexorable5
- 11 letters
- unrelenting4, remorseless3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).