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单词 pitilessness
释义

pitiless

adjective

piti·​less ˈpi-ti-ləs How to pronounce pitiless (audio)
: devoid of pity : harsh, cruel
pitilessly adverb
pitilessness noun

Synonyms

  • affectless
  • callous
  • case-hardened
  • cold-blooded
  • compassionless
  • desensitized
  • hard
  • hard-boiled
  • hard-hearted
  • heartless
  • indurate
  • inhuman
  • inhumane
  • insensate
  • insensitive
  • ironhearted
  • merciless
  • obdurate
  • pachydermatous
  • remorseless
  • ruthless
  • slash-and-burn
  • soulless
  • stony
  • stoney
  • stonyhearted
  • take-no-prisoners
  • thick-skinned
  • uncharitable
  • unfeeling
  • unmerciful
  • unsparing
  • unsympathetic
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Example Sentences

The soldiers were pitiless toward their enemy. gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking
Recent Examples on the Web The number of casualties is not yet known — and the Kremlin denies targeting civilians — but experts say the incident is an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a familiar and pitiless playbook. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2022 One’s eye is at first dazzled, then sated, and eventually tired by this pitiless inflation of scale. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021 Nabokov started to seem less like a lovable, bumbling Professor Pnin and more like a pitiless White Russian with a monocle and an ebony cigarette holder. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020 Soon friends chimed in with their own artifacts, surviving examples of Washington’s pitiless retail ecosystem. Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2020 No one wants to think about this now, but eventually our old friend Adam Smith will come calling to collect his inevitable and pitiless fee. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2020 The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal. Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2020 Prices dropped to less than $10 a barrel, triggering a pitiless industry shakeout. Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020 That dream is quickly dying, and our government has been particularly pitiless during this crisis. Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

pitiless

adjective

piti·​less ˈpi-ti-ləs How to pronounce pitiless (audio)
: having no pity : cruel

pitilessness

noun

as in implacability

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • implacability
  • callousness
  • obduracy
  • hard-heartedness
  • rigidity
  • obdurateness
  • sternness
  • inflexibility
  • severity
  • dourness
  • strictness
  • rigidness
  • harshness
  • exactingness
  • gruffness
  • hardness
  • stringency
  • rigorousness
  • steadfastness
  • obstinacy
  • austereness
  • monasticism
  • asceticism
  • rigor
  • stubbornness
  • resolve
  • firmness
  • austerity
  • determination

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • gentleness
  • tolerance
  • flexibility
  • tenderness
  • softness
  • indulgence
  • kindness
  • mildness
  • laxness
  • patience
  • forbearance
  • willingness
  • responsiveness
  • lenience
  • compliance
  • pliancy
  • pliability
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