pitiless

Examples

• All

• What has been creating me, the pitiless anxiety, the sick hope to last in it.

  Fiction book (2000)

• This guy's the meanest, the most pitiless guy I know.

  I Come with the Rain (2009)

• Almost 20 years of pitiless combat!

  Conan the Barbarian (1982)

• A plague more cruel and more pitiless than war had descended upon us.

  The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)

• The pitiless day crept slowly by.

  Jack London’s Son of the Wolf (2024)

• In her dark glasses, she looks as pitiless as an insect.

  Fiction book (1991)

• If so, it is nature red in tooth and claw, blind, pitiless, cruel.

  Love & Rage (2000)

• The woman's soul evaporated under the pitiless rays of the sun.

  Fiction book (1996)

• They died homeless, pitiless, hungry, penniless old men.

• The pitiless winter left the streets covered in ice and helpless residents struggling to stay warm.

Synonyms

C

cruel

vspitiless

522 2.7

Willing to cause pain or suffering to others

is similar but stresses sheer absence of pity rather than intent

R

ruthless

vspitiless

152 4.9

Not feeling sorry for others and hurting them on purpose

matches that complete lack of pity but can imply calculated action

H

heartless

vspitiless

• Offensive

79 4.1

Not showing kindness or sympathy to others

is harsher, stressing active cruelty rather than mere unfeelingness

C

cold-blooded

vspitiless

• Offensive

54 6.1

Showing no pity and acting cruel on purpose

shares coldness but may be less focused on deliberate calculation

U

unkind

vspitiless

44 1.0

Not friendly or caring to other people

is stronger, indicating deliberate cruelty rather than mere unfriendliness

C

callous

vspitiless

41 7.3

Not caring about other people's feelings or pain

is more about active cruelty and lack of mercy rather than insensitivity

I

inhumane

vspitiless

• NSFW

37 5.9

Very cruel and causing pain to people or animals

overlaps but centers on cruelty rather than specifically brutal actions

M

merciless

vspitiless

33 5.3

Showing no pity and treating people in a cruel way

focuses on extreme lack of mercy rather than other traits

U

unsympathetic

vspitiless

7 4.9

Not feeling sorry for someone or caring about their problems

implies a deeper cruelty and refusal to show any mercy

R

remorseless

vspitiless

6 7.5

Not feeling sorry and continuing without stopping when hurting others

highlights unyielding cruelty rather than just brief harshness

U

unmerciful

vspitiless

2 7.1

Being very cruel and not kind to others

focuses similarly on merciless harshness rather than milder lack of care

U

uncompassionate

vspitiless

1 7.3

Not caring when other people suffer

is stronger, implying not just lack of concern but active cruelty

R

roughshod

vspitiless

1 8.9

Acting in a harsh way that ignores other people's feelings

is similarly harsh but centers on absence of pity rather than dominance

H

hardhearted

vspitiless

1 7.2

Not feeling or showing pity for other people

adds an element of active mercilessness beyond plain hardness

K

kindless

vspitiless

• Archaic

1 8.6

A person who does not show care for other people

is more intense, pointing to active merciless behaviour

C

compassionless

vspitiless

1 7.4

Shows no sympathy for people who suffer

is harsher, stressing merciless action rather than simple absence of care

U

unpitying

vspitiless

8.8

Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer

is identical in meaning and tone, both describe complete lack of pity

M

meanspirited

vspitiless

• Offensive

7.4

Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people

is more severe, indicating merciless cruelty rather than pettiness

B

bowelless

vspitiless

9.9

Not showing pity or kindness when trying to win

is broader, applying mercilessness to any situation not only competition

Antonyms

C

compassionate

151 3.7

Feeling concern and care for people who suffer

M

merciful

54 3.3

Kind and willing to forgive someone who is suffering or has done wrong

How Merciless

brutal

• NSFW

229 4.8

ruthless

152 4.9

pitiless

7 7.0

harsh

289 2.8

unsympathetic

7 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology