Meaning

1 senses
  1. Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

    gnadenlos

    беспоща́дныйbespoščádnyj, безжа́лостныйbezžálostnyj

    безжаліснийbezžalisnyj, безжальнийbezžalʹnyj, безпощаднийbezpoščadnyj

    having or showing no mercy

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom is merciless.

    ruТом безжалостен. — marafon

    deTom ist unbarmherzig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Death is a mysterious, merciless lady.

  3. Sami was a brutal merciless killer.

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  4. The enemy is cruel and merciless.

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  5. They started the climb under a merciless sun.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless:
Русский
By meaning 1
showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless:

Origin

From Middle English merciles, mercyles, equivalent to mercy + -less.

From Middle English merciles, mercyles, equivalent to mercy + -less.

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Forms

more merciless, most merciless
Comparativemore merciless Lesson
Superlativemost merciless Lesson

regular

Synonyms

33 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
merciless — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto