merciful

mer·ci·ful

M0226000 (mûr′sĭ-fəl)adj. Full of mercy; compassionate: sought merciful treatment for the captives.

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mer′ci·ful·ly adv.mer′ci·ful·ness n.

merciful

(ˈmɜːsɪfʊl) adjshowing or giving mercy; compassionate ˈmercifulness n

mer•ci•ful

(ˈmɜr sɪ fəl)

adj. full of mercy; characterized by or exercising mercy. [1250–1300] mer′ci•ful•ly, adv. mer′ci•ful•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	merciful - showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"clement - (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence"compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"soft - compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"humane - marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of sufferingkind - having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
	2.	merciful - (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king"gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"

merciful

adjective1. compassionate, forgiving, sympathetic, kind, liberal, soft, sparing, generous, mild, pitying, humane, clement, gracious, lenient, beneficent, forbearing, tender-hearted, benignant We can only hope the court is merciful.
compassionate cruel, merciless, inhumane, pitiless, unfeeling, hard-hearted, uncompassionate2. welcome, desired, blessed Eventually the session came to a merciful end.be merciful to show mercy to, spare, forgive, pardon, let off, go easy on (informal), have mercy on, have pity on, be lenient with He had always been more merciful to girls than to boys.

merciful

adjective1. Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering:charitable, compassionate, human, humane, humanitarian.2. Not strict or severe:charitable, clement, easy, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, soft, tolerant.

Translations

仁慈的宽恕的

mercy

(ˈməːsi) – plural ˈmercies – noun1. kindness towards a person, especially an enemy, who is in one's power. He showed his enemies no mercy. 寬宏大量 怜悯，宽容 2. a piece of good luck or something for which one should be grateful. It was a mercy that it didn't rain. 僥倖 侥幸，幸运 ˈmerciful adjective willing to forgive or to punish only lightly. a merciful judge. 寬宏大量的 仁慈的，宽恕的 ˈmercifully adverb 寬宏大量地 仁慈地，宽恕地 ˈmerciless adjective without mercy; cruel. merciless criticism. 冷酷無情的 冷酷无情的ˈmercilessly adverb 冷酷無情地 冷酷无情地at the mercy of wholly in the power of, liable to be harmed by. A sailor is at the mercy of the sea. 任憑某人的擺布 任凭...摆布have mercy on to give kindness to (an enemy etc who is in one's power). Have mercy on me! 對某人寬宏大量 对...表示怜悯