Synonyms for "mercilessness" (34 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

Noun(1 words)

ruthlessness

animalityatrocitybarbaritybloodlustbrutalitycruelty

Strong matches (10)

Noun(2 words)

crueltynonmercy

extremityforcehardnessharshnessinclemencyinhumanityintensitymindlessness

Related words (17)

Noun(3 words)

pitilessnessunmercifulnessunmercy

relentlessnessrigorroughnessruthlessnesssavageryseveritysharpnessshort shriftterrorismunmercyvandalismvehemencevenomvirulence

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

coldheartednesshardheartednessheartlessnessinhumanenessinhumanity

Antonyms

1 entries

mercifulness

Synonyms

3 entries

crueltyruthlessnessunmercy

derived from

1 entries

merciless

is a

1 entries

inhumaneness

related to

1 entries

merciless

Translations

20 translations across 11 languages.

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Dutch

1 entries

• genadeloosheid noun (the property of being merciless)

Georgian

4 entries

• დაუნდობლობა noun (the property of being merciless)
• ულმობელობა noun (the property of being merciless)
• უმოწყალობა noun (the property of being merciless)
• შეუბრალებლობა noun (the property of being merciless)

German

2 entries

• Erbarmungslosigkeit noun (the property of being merciless)
• Schonungslosigkeit noun (the property of being merciless)

Hindi

2 entries

• क्रूरता noun (the property of being merciless)
• निर्दयता noun (the property of being merciless)

Japanese

1 entries

• 無慈悲 noun (the property of being merciless)

Korean

1 entries

• 무자비 noun (the property of being merciless)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

• Onbaarmhäerzegkeet noun (the property of being merciless)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

• دینسزلك noun (the property of being merciless)

Polish

4 entries

• bezlitosność noun (the property of being merciless)
• bezpardonowość noun (the property of being merciless)
• bezwzględność noun (the property of being merciless)
• niemiłosierność noun (the property of being merciless)

Romanian

2 entries

• cruzime noun (the property of being merciless)
• ferocitate noun (the property of being merciless)

Russian

1 entries

• беспоща́дность noun (the property of being merciless)

Sample sentences

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I've seen the face of mercilessness.

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