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pitilessness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pitilessness has 2 senses
- pitilessness(n = noun.feeling) cruelty, mercilessness, ruthlessness - feelings of extreme heartlessness; Array is a kind of coldheartedness, hardheartedness, heartlessness
- pitilessness(n = noun.attribute) ruthlessness - mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity; Array is a kind of mercilessness, unmercifulness
Derived form adjective pitiless2
Derived forms adjective pitiless2, adjective pitiless1
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pitilessness
acuteness, animality, atrocity, barbarity, bloodlust, brutality, callosity, callousness, coldbloodedness, coldheartedness, coldness, destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness, fierceness, force, furiousness, hardheartedness, hardness, hardness of heart, harshness, heart of stone, heartlessness, impetuosity, inclemency, inhumanity, insensitivity, intensity, malignity, mercilessness, mindlessness, murderousness, obduracy, rigor, roughness, savagery, severity, sharpness, terrorism, unfeeling, ungentleness, unmercifulness, unnaturalness, unresponsiveness, vandalism, vehemence, venom, viciousness, violence, virulenceROGET THESAURUS
pitilessness
Pitilessness
N pitilessness, inclemency, severity, malevolence, pitiless, merciless, ruthless, bowelless, unpitying, unmerciful, inclement, grim-faced, grim-visaged, incompassionate, uncompassionate, inexorable, harsh, unrelenting.
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