merciful
- adjective
- /ˈmɜːrsɪfəl/
- The compassionate, the merciful!
- merciful God
- merciful Father
- a merciful end
So he says we have to be merciful to our debtors.
- So he says we have to be merciful to our debtors.
- According to Islam, God is the most compassionate, the most merciful, the Creator of the heavens and the earth.
- And he's balanced by justice on his right and mercy on his left, because God is both just and merciful.
- Now notice that we are getting some what appear to be opposites here, some paradoxes, most just and yet most merciful.
- And so maybe we can, you know, take some love, enjoyment, whatever desire towards that that grief, because it allows us to be merciful to others.
- So, so it was merciful of them.
- It says he's a loving God, a merciful God, and he's not, and he's not a confusing God.
- What if instead it's God's merciful warning for a short period of time, truncated immensely?
- And even then, God is merciful, forgiveness is supreme, and so essentially better if you don't.
- God is merciful, but God says in the word.
- No expiation in fire or earth, No merciful caress of the animal wounded in the street.
- That's that's merciful though that that like even though OK, for example, I'd never want to raise my hand and and be hey man, that guy molested some kids.
Examples
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So he says we have to be merciful to our debtors.
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It's important to be merciful towards those who have made mistakes and need support to improve.
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I hope he is more merciful... than I am.
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The King is more merciful than you.
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God is merciful, you know it.
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That God tries his best to be merciful and to spare as many as possible.
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According to Islam, God is the most compassionate, the most merciful, the Creator of the heavens and the earth.
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Verily, God is forgiving, merciful--
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If so, I beg you, almighty God, to please be merciful in the suffering you inflict on your creature.
Fiction book (1999) -
The judge was merciful and decided to give the defendant a second chance instead of a prison sentence.
Synonyms
Feeling concern and care for people who suffer
Showing kindness and care to people or animals to avoid suffering
Ready to stop feeling angry after someone hurts you
Being kind and generous when forgiving people who hurt you
Being gentle and caring to other people
Ready to forgive people and give lighter punishments
Antonyms
How Merciful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word merciful comes from the common word mercy, which means 'pity' or 'kindness' for someone who is suffering or has done wrong. So to be merciful is to show that kindness and to spare someone from harm or punishment.