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mercilessness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mercilessness has 2 senses
- mercilessness(n = noun.feeling) cruelty, pitilessness, ruthlessness - feelings of extreme heartlessness; Array is a kind of coldheartedness, hardheartedness, heartlessness
- mercilessness(n = noun.attribute) unmercifulness - inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving; Array is a kind of inhumaneness, inhumanity
Derived form adjective merciless1
has particulars: pitilessness, ruthlessness, inexorability, inexorableness, relentlessness
Antonym: mercifulness
Derived form adjective merciless1
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