Antonyms for unsparing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-spair-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈspɛər ɪŋ


Definition of unsparing

Origin :
  • "showing no mercy," 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + sparing (see spare (v.)). Related: Unsparingly.
  • adj generous
Example sentences :
  • Her unsparing tirade had provoked an outburst of laughter, but not from Robbie.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Very soon he was sleeping, snoring on the G string with unsparing pressure.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • Slaves, as well as slaveholders, use it with an unsparing hand.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • But he was as indolent of mind as he was unsparing of his body.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • Only to one class of patient was he merciless and unsparing.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • To the cruel they were unsparing; to the merciless they showed no mercy.
  • Extract from : « The Riflemen of the Miami » by Edward S. Ellis
  • The details of that occasion returned vivid, complete, unsparing.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • The work of a monk, it is unsparing in its attacks on the monastic orders.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 » by Various
  • He was a severe and unsparing taskmaster, and allowed no shirking.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Gordon, Volume I » by Demetrius Charles Boulger
  • Sassoon's three volumes are the most vital and unsparing records of the war we have had.
  • Extract from : « Modern British Poetry » by Various

Synonyms for unsparing

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