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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mur-si-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr sɪ lɪs



Definition of mercilessness

Origin :
  • late 14c., see mercy + -less. Related: Mercilessly.
  • As in savagery : noun cruelty
  • As in spitefulness : noun vindictiveness
  • As in truculence : noun cruelty
  • As in truculency : noun cruelty
  • As in vengefulness : noun vindictiveness
  • As in cruelty : noun brutality, harshness
Example sentences :
  • The girl was appalled by the mercilessness of a destiny that had so outraged right.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The mercilessness and cruelty of the Spartans were proverbial.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals » by Thomas Davidson
  • God will rule the world by justice as long as we rule it by our mercilessness.
  • Extract from : « Serbia in Light and Darkness » by Nikolaj Velimirovic
  • Taltavull shrieked for the driver to quicken, and the driver used the butt of his whip-stock with true Southern mercilessness.
  • Extract from : « The Recipe for Diamonds » by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
  • Djezzar means butcher: he had well earned this title by the mercilessness of his administration.
  • Extract from : « The History of Napoleon Buonaparte » by John Gibson Lockhart
  • In the character of Peter there was a singular compound of magnanimity and of the most brutal insensibility and mercilessness.
  • Extract from : « The Empire of Russia » by John S. C. Abbott
  • It had come with a mercilessness which those who knew him regarded as only to be expected in a man of Pap Shaunbaum's record.
  • Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • This Weeden owned a woman called "Ceal," who was a standing proof of his mercilessness.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • There ran through her a fine vein of mercilessness, but it was without cruelty, it was leavened with both logic and justice.
  • Extract from : « Parrot & Co. » by Harold MacGrath
  • Slavery has no respect for the affections, as is evinced by the mercilessness with which she sunders every family tie.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol V. Issue III. March, 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for mercilessness

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