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Mercilessness

Merciless \Mer"ci*less\, a. Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.

The foe is merciless, and will not pity.
--Shak.

Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage. [1913 Webster] -- Mer"ci*less*ly, adv. -- Mer"ci*less*ness, n.

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mercilessness

n. The property of being merciless.

WordNet
mercilessness
  1. n. feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: cruelty, pitilessness, ruthlessness]

  2. inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving [syn: unmercifulness] [ant: mercifulness]

Usage examples of "mercilessness".

A few moments later Rimice also cried out, wildly and helplessly, her small, well-curved body, with its sensitivities and responsiveness, apparently turned against her by the mercilessness of her use-master, forcing her to endure slave ecstasy, and then, with a joyous sob, she became one with the ecstasy, and a yielding slave.