Synonyms for unrelenting
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Relentless — not relenting; not yielding in strength, severity, or determination
relentless, inexorable, unyielding, stern, hard, remorseless, brutal, implacable, merciless, grim, unforgiving, ruthless, harsh, cruel, obsessive, obstinate, rigorous, inflexible, fell, unappeasable, pitiless, dogged
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not relenting; not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.
Related words
- Word family
- unrelentingly
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Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- relentless The snow was flaky at first, then heavy and relentless.
- unyielding His unyielding character doesn't please me at all.
- remorseless Bruno reacted in a very remorseless way.
- persistent Be patient and persistent. These things take time.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unrelenting | rising | |
| relentless | rising | |
| unyielding | rising | |
| inexorable | steady | |
| remorseless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1, fell1, grim1
- 5 letters
- harsh1, cruel2, stern1
- 6 letters
- brutal2, dogged1
- 8 letters
- rigorous3, ruthless2, pitiless3
- 9 letters
- obsessive3, merciless3, obstinate3
- 10 letters
- persistent3, relentless3, inflexible4, unyielding3, inexorable5, implacable4, unrelented
- 11 letters
- unforgiving4, remorseless3
- 12 letters
- unappeasable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).