Relentlessness

//ɹɪˈlɛntləsnəs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being relentless. uncountable

    "The more I learned about transkids, the more I grilled you, every day. I'm ashamed of my relentlessness, but I had to know. “Why do you want to be a boy?” “I don't know.”"

  2. 2
    mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up wordnet

Synonyms

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act of godadamantnessapplicationardorassiduityassiduousness

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"The more I learned about transkids, the more I grilled you, every day. I'm ashamed of my relentlessness, but I had to know. “Why do you want to be a boy?” “I don't know.”"

Etymology

From relentless + -ness.

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