Merciful

//ˈmɜːsɪfl̩//

Synonyms for "merciful" (97 found)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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similar

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Translations

91 translations across 46 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐλεήμων adj (showing mercy)

Arabic

1 entries
  • رَحِيم adj (showing mercy)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ողորմած adj (showing mercy)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • лі́тасцівы adj (showing mercy)
  • мі́ласлівы adj (showing mercy)
  • мі́ласцівы adj (showing mercy)
  • міласэ́рны adj (showing mercy)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • милости́в adj (showing mercy)
  • милосъ́рден adj (showing mercy)
  • състрада́телен adj (showing mercy)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 仁慈 adj (showing mercy)
  • 慈悲的 adj (showing mercy)

Czech

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  • milosrdný adj (showing mercy)
  • milostivý adj (showing mercy)

Dutch

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  • barmhartig adj (showing mercy)
  • genadig adj (showing mercy)

Finnish

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  • armelias adj (showing mercy)
  • armollinen adj (showing mercy)

French

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  • indulgent adj (showing mercy)
  • miséricordieux adj (showing mercy)
  • sensible adj (showing mercy)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გულმოწყალე adj (showing mercy)
  • სათნო adj (showing mercy)

German

2 entries
  • barmherzig adj (showing mercy)
  • gnädig adj (showing mercy)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 adj (showing mercy)
  • 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 adj (showing mercy)

Greek

2 entries
  • ελεήμονας adj (showing mercy)
  • ελεήμων adj (showing mercy)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • רַחֲמָן adj (showing mercy)
  • רַחוּם adj (showing mercy)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kegyes adj (showing mercy)
  • könyörületes adj (showing mercy)

Italian

1 entries
  • misericordioso adj (showing mercy)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 慈悲深い adj (showing mercy)
  • 慈愛深い adj (showing mercy)

Korean

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  • 자비롭다 adj (showing mercy)

Latgalian

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  • žieleigs adj (showing mercy)

Latin

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  • misericors adj (showing mercy)

Latvian

1 entries
  • žēlīgs adj (showing mercy)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gailestingas adj (showing mercy)

Macedonian

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  • милосен adj (showing mercy)
  • милослив adj (showing mercy)
  • милосрден adj (showing mercy)
  • милостив adj (showing mercy)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakaaroha adj (showing mercy)

Norman

1 entries
  • mînséthicordieux adj (showing mercy)

Old English

1 entries
  • mildheort adj (showing mercy)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • رحیم adj (showing mercy)

Persian

3 entries
  • بخشایشگر adj (showing mercy)
  • رحیم adj (showing mercy)
  • مهربان adj (showing mercy)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • erboarmlich adj (showing mercy)

Polish

3 entries
  • litościwy adj (showing mercy)
  • miłosierny adj (showing mercy)
  • miłościwy adj (showing mercy)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • misericordioso adj (showing mercy)
  • piedoso adj (showing mercy)

Romanian

2 entries
  • milostiv adj (showing mercy)
  • îndurător adj (showing mercy)

Russian

3 entries
  • ми́лостивый adj (showing mercy)
  • милосе́рдный adj (showing mercy)
  • сострада́тельный adj (showing mercy)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • cneasta adj (showing mercy)
  • truacanta adj (showing mercy)
  • tròcaireach adj (showing mercy)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mìlostīv adj (showing mercy)
  • mȉlosr̄dan adj (showing mercy)
  • ми̏лоср̄дан adj (showing mercy)
  • мѝлостӣв adj (showing mercy)

Slovak

2 entries
  • milosrdný adj (showing mercy)
  • milostivý adj (showing mercy)

Slovene

2 entries
  • milosten adj (showing mercy)
  • usmiljen adj (showing mercy)

Spanish

2 entries
  • misericorde adj (showing mercy)
  • misericordioso adj (showing mercy)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nådig adj (showing mercy)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • aräñcatste adj (showing mercy)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • marimari adj (showing mercy)

Turkish

3 entries
  • merhametli adj (showing mercy)
  • rahim adj (showing mercy)
  • rahman adj (showing mercy)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ми́лостивий adj (showing mercy)
  • милосе́рдий adj (showing mercy)
  • милосе́рдний adj (showing mercy)
  • милости́вий adj (showing mercy)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • khoan dung adj (showing mercy)
  • khoan hồng adj (showing mercy)
  • nhân từ adj (showing mercy)
  • từ bi adj (showing mercy)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • רחמנותדיק adj (showing mercy)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She is merciful.

Source: tatoeba (314526)

In the name of God, The most Gracious, The most Merciful.

Source: tatoeba (434108)

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Source: tatoeba (536984)

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.

Source: tatoeba (628703)

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