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remorseless

[ ri-mawrs-lis ]

/ rɪˈmɔrs lɪs /

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adjective

without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.

Origin of remorseless

First recorded in 1585–95; remorse + -less

SYNONYMS FOR remorseless

ruthless, unrelenting, implacable, inexorable, cruel.

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OTHER WORDS FROM remorseless

re·morse·less·ly, adverb re·morse·less·ness, noun

Words nearby remorseless

remontant, remontoir, remora, remorse, remorseful, remorseless, remortgage, remote, remote access, remote control, remote sensing

Example sentences from the Web for remorseless

Now even his mountainous funeral is creeping into the remorseless past.

Hunter S. Thompson Was Right About America: It’s Still Freaks vs. Fear |James Poulos |February 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As the war kills the young, so the remorseless passage of time claims the old.

David's Bookclub: Time Regained |David Frum |April 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Browne demolishes these four claims, step by remorseless step, with studies and examples drawn from military experience.

The Truth About Women in Combat |David Frum |March 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The arithmetic of bombing is just that remorseless, leading to the novel's most famous joke: "People are trying to kill me."

David's Bookclub: Catch-22 |David Frum |December 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

But tonight, Obama needs to be remorseless about not throwing out any bureaucratic bones.

Obama Should Use Fighting Words in the 2012 State of the Union |Michael Tomasky |January 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
"Exactly," said Dr. Brighton-Pomfrey in a tone that defined his own position with remorseless clearness.

Soul of a Bishop |H. G. Wells
But this, like Landa's, was strangled almost at its birth by remorseless scholars.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold
Each was thinking of friends in the settlement who had probably been slain by the remorseless savages.

Hope and Have |Oliver Optic
Some one has said that it is painful to read so minute and remorseless an exposure of one variety of human folly.

Swift |Leslie Stephen
And when he spoke there was a remorseless cruelty and selfishness in his low, even tones.

Vanguards of the Plains |Margaret McCarter

British Dictionary definitions for remorseless

remorseless

/ (rɪˈmɔːslɪs) /

adjective

without compunction, pity, or compassion

not abating in intensity; relentless a remorseless wind

Derived forms of remorseless

remorselessly, adverb remorselessness, noun