remorseless

Examples

• All

• Each of these perfect creations is an efficient, remorseless killing machine.

  Ratchet & Clank (2016)

• The remorseless storm continued to batter the coast, leaving destruction in its wake.

• Watch the interview with the remorseless murderer that changed my life.

  Blog text (8)

• Still another factor that exacerbates the situation in Africa is the remorseless pressure of population growth.

  Academic text (2000)

• You strike me as a particularly icy and remorseless man, Mr. Dufresne.

  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

• There's something remorseless about them, something relentless and terrible.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Yet each movement of Anton Chigurh (the remorseless killer who is hunting Moss) is precise and calculated.

  Academic text (2009)

• The remorseless critic destroyed the artist's confidence with harsh reviews.

• She had a remorseless attitude towards failure, never showing any sympathy for those who struggled.

Synonyms

C

cruel

vsremorseless

522 2.7

Willing to cause pain or suffering to others

is the same deliberate lack of compassion with added relentlessness

R

ruthless

vsremorseless

152 4.9

Not feeling sorry for others and hurting them on purpose

is similar but stresses unending cruelty rather than sole goal focus

H

heartless

vsremorseless

• Offensive

79 4.1

Not showing kindness or sympathy to others

is the same lack of warmth but with relentless cruelty added

C

cold-blooded

vsremorseless

• Offensive

54 6.1

Showing no pity and acting cruel on purpose

adds an extra sense of continuous unforgiving cruelty over time

C

callous

vsremorseless

41 7.3

Not caring about other people's feelings or pain

is that insensitivity made actively cruel and unrelenting

U

unforgiving

vsremorseless

35 5.8

Not willing to forgive someone and acting without mercy

is similar unforgivingness but with continuous unyielding cruelty

M

merciless

vsremorseless

33 5.3

Showing no pity and treating people in a cruel way

is cruelty that combines lack of pity with continuous relentlessness

U

unfeeling

vsremorseless

14 5.9

Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings

is similar insensitivity but with cruel unrelenting behaviour attached

U

unsympathetic

vsremorseless

7 4.9

Not feeling sorry for someone or caring about their problems

is a stronger stance that also involves unyielding harshness

P

pitiless

vsremorseless

7 7.0

Not showing any pity or kindness

is the same harshness but adds an unrelenting cruel quality

C

coldhearted

vsremorseless

4 6.0

Showing no care or sympathy for other people

is similar but also stresses ongoing cruelty without relief

U

unmerciful

vsremorseless

2 7.1

Being very cruel and not kind to others

is cruelty that also emphasizes relentless continuation without pity

U

uncompassionate

vsremorseless

1 7.3

Not caring when other people suffer

adds an ongoing refusal to be moved making it more cruel

H

hardhearted

vsremorseless

1 7.2

Not feeling or showing pity for other people

is cruelty that is both unfeeling and continuously unrelenting

K

kindless

vsremorseless

• Archaic

1 8.6

A person who does not show care for other people

is that lack intensified into cruelty that never shows pity

C

compassionless

vsremorseless

1 7.4

Shows no sympathy for people who suffer

is that absence of concern taken further into relentless cruelty

U

unpitying

vsremorseless

8.8

Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer

adds the idea of being cruelly unrelenting rather than merely harsh

S

stonyhearted

vsremorseless

9.6

Not feeling sorry for other people

is that hardness combined with active unrelenting cruelty

M

meanspirited

vsremorseless

• Offensive

7.4

Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people

is broader and more severe cruelty rather than petty nastiness

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 Remorseful

contrite

13 8.1

remorseful

18 4.6

regretful

9 2.9

indifferent

46 4.4

remorseless

6 7.5

Surface Forms

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