MERCILESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MERCILESS?

Need another word that means the same as “merciless”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “merciless” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Merciless” are: unmerciful, ruthless, remorseless, pitiless, unforgiving, uncharitable, unsparing, unpitying, implacable, inexorable, relentless, inflexible, barbarous, inhumane, inhuman, cold-blooded, heartless, harsh, callous, cruel, brutal, unsympathetic, unfeeling, illiberal, intolerant, rigid, severe, stern

Merciless as an Adjective

Definitions of "Merciless" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “merciless” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Showing no mercy.
• Having or showing no mercy.

Synonyms of "Merciless" as an adjective (28 Words)

barbarous	(of language) coarse and unrefined. A remote and barbarous country.
brutal	Savagely violent. A brutal winter.
callous	Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear. With a workman s callous hands.
cold-blooded	Without compunction or human feeling.
cruel	Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. A cruel remark.
harsh	Sharply disagreeable; rigorous. The harsh facts of court delays.
heartless	Devoid of courage or enthusiasm. Heartless thieves stole the pushchair of a two year old boy.
illiberal	Not generous; mean. Illiberal and anti democratic policies.
implacable	Unable to be appeased or placated. The implacable advance of the enemy.
inexorable	Impossible to stop or prevent. Russia s final hour it seemed approached with inexorable certainty.
inflexible	Unwilling to change or compromise. An inflexible iron bar.
inhuman	Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric. A babel of inhuman noises.
inhumane	Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion. Confining wild horses is inhumane.
intolerant	Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion. Some people are intolerant of aspirin.
pitiless	Deficient in humane and kindly feelings. A night of pitiless rain.
relentless	Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. The relentless heat of the desert.
remorseless	Without regret or guilt. A remorseless killer.
rigid	Not able to be changed or adapted. Beatrice was rigid with terror.
ruthless	Having or showing no pity or compassion for others. A ruthless manipulator.
severe	Severely simple. A hefty six footer with a rather severe mien.
stern	Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor forbidding in aspect. A stern face.
uncharitable	Lacking love and generosity. All pious words and uncharitable deeds.
unfeeling	Devoid of feeling for others. My mother is a cold unfeeling woman.
unforgiving	(of a place or situation) harsh or hostile. A surly unforgiving old woman.
unmerciful	Having or showing no mercy. Deceptively inflated incomes expose many couples to unmerciful taxes.
unpitying	Not feeling or showing pity. A flat unpitying voice.
unsparing	Merciless; severe. Unsparing generosity.
unsympathetic	(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings. They were initially unsympathetic towards the cause of Irish freedom.

Usage Examples of "Merciless" as an adjective

• The merciless enemy.
• The merciless summer heat.
• A merciless critic.
• A merciless attack with a blunt instrument.
• Gave him a merciless beating.

Associations of "Merciless" (30 Words)

brutal	Punishingly harsh. A brutal winter.
cruel	Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it. Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing.
cruelly	With cruelty. Their hopes were cruelly dashed.
denouncement	A public act of denouncing.
denunciation	Public condemnation of someone or something. Denunciation of his reckless methods.
draconian	(of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe. The Nazis destroyed the independence of the press by a series of draconian laws.
ferocious	Marked by extreme and violent energy. A ferocious beating.
harsh	Unkind or cruel or uncivil. A time of harsh military discipline.
implacable	Incapable of being placated. An implacable enemy.
inclement	(of weather or climate) severe. The harsh sentence of an inclement judge.
inexorable	Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason. Cynthia was inexorable she would have none of him.
munificent	Very generous. A munificent patron of the arts.
notorious	Known widely and usually unfavorably. Los Angeles is notorious for its smog.
parricide	A person who commits parricide.
persecute	Harass or annoy (someone) persistently. His followers were persecuted by the authorities.
persecutor	A person who harasses or annoys someone persistently. A well known curmudgeon and persecutor of buskers.
pitiless	(especially of weather) unrelentingly harsh or severe. A night of pitiless rain.
relentless	Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. The relentless heat of the desert.
relentlessly	In a relentless manner. The songs are relentlessly upbeat.
remorseless	(of something unpleasant) never ending or improving; relentless. A remorseless killer.
repression	The action of subduing someone or something by force. The tsarist repressions.
ruthless	Having or showing no pity or compassion for others. An act of ruthless ferocity.
ruthlessly	Without pity or compassion for others. They fell prey to money lenders who ruthlessly exploited them.
sadistic	Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another. She took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him.
sanguinary	Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed-G.W.Johnson. They lost heavily in the sanguinary campaigns that followed.
truculence	Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness.
unkind	Deficient in humane and kindly feelings. It was unkind of her to criticize.
unrelenting	Harsh. Unrelenting opponents.
unsparing	Merciless; severe. An unsparing critic.
unstinting	Given or giving without restraint; unsparing. Called for unstinting aid to Britain.