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unrelenting
[ uhn-ri-len-ting ]
adjective
- not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible:
an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Synonyms: remorseless, cruel, pitiless, ruthless, unmerciful, merciless, relentless
- not easing or slackening in severity:
an unrelenting rain.
Synonyms: inexorable, implacable, unremitting
- maintaining speed, effort, vigor, intensity, rate of advance, etc.:
an unrelenting attack.
unrelenting
/ ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ /
adjective
- refusing to relent or take pity; relentless; merciless
- not diminishing in determination, speed, effort, force, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˌunreˈlentingness, noun
- ˌunreˈlentingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- unre·lenting·ly adverb
- unre·lenting·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unrelenting1
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Example Sentences
He not only gives out pain — he is in constant, unrelenting pain.
And then there was the unrelenting verbal abuse of cops simply because they are cops.
Similarly, so should the response: unrelenting, shouted from the highest and most respectable platforms and people.
“There has never been more unrelenting media interest in any other aviation accident,” he says.
This unrelenting scrutiny made it increasingly difficult for the athlete to practice, and ultimately hindered her performance.
Buzot was then an exile, pursued by unrelenting fury, and concealed in the caves of St. Emilion.
For—perhaps this was partly the effect of the unrelenting heat—her insipid coquetries had begun to exasperate me more and more.
He was lazy, and there was the damnable, unrelenting hand of the British Raj looming in the distance.
Unless her mood of unrelenting decision was the outcome thereof.
He had an unrelenting sincerity which often turned into severity.
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