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pitiless

[pit-i-lis, pit-ee-]

adjective

feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English piteles. See pity, -less

Related forms

pit·i·less·ly, adverb

pit·i·less·ness, noun

Can be confused: piteous, pitiable, pitiful, pitiless (see synonym note at pitiful).

Synonyms
unmerciful, implacable, relentless. See cruel.

Antonyms
merciful.

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pitiless (ˈpɪtɪlɪs)

—*adj*
	having or showing little or no pity or mercy

'pitilessly

—*adv*

'pitilessness

—n

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"Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast."

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