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relentless, a.|rɪˈlɛntlɪs|
[f. relent v.1 + -less.]
Incapable of relenting; pitiless.
1592Greene Groat's W. Wit (1617) 3 Death is relentlesse, and will not be intreated. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. i. iv, Strike me quite through with the relentlesse edge Of raging furie. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 130 Onely in destroying I finde ease To my relentless thoughts. 1702Pope Sappho 194 In vain he lov'd, relentless Pyrrha scorn'd. 1795Southey Joan of Arc ii. 248 Relentless Henry bade his troops Drive back the miserable multitude. 1798Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. 380 Few things can be more terrific..to the young writer, than the voice of relentless criticism. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Times, A relentless inquisition drags every secret to the day. 1878A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. 268 An island..which the fiery waves seemed to attack unceasingly with relentless fury. |