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13 words match “PITILESS”

PITILESS a. 2 definitions
Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
BIDE v.
ffer; to undergo. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak.
BRUTALITY n.
The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.
BRUTE a.
to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay. The influence of capital and mere brute labor. Playfair.
DISPITEOUS a.
Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser. -- Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
HARD-HEARTED a.
Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. -- Hard"-heart`ed*ness, n.
IMPITEOUS a.
Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]
ROUGH a.
Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper. A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. Shak. A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds. Prior.
RUTHLESS a.
Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless. Their rage the hostile bands restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. Pope. -- Ruth"less*ly, adv. -- Ruth"less*ness, n.
STONE-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
STONY a.
Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. Stony coral. (Zoöl.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
UNPITIED a.
Pitiless; merciless. [Obs.] Shak.
UNPITIOUS a.
Destitute of pity; pitiless. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Un*pi"tous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*pi"tous*ness, n. [Obs.] Wyclif.