unmerciful

Examples

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• Listen, my advice to you, and I know you think these guys are your friends, if you want to be a true friend to them, be honest and unmerciful.

  Almost Famous (2000)

• Be honest and unmerciful.

  Fiction book (2000)

• You have to make your reputation on being honest, and unmerciful.

  Almost Famous (2000)

• And you should build your reputation on being honest... and unmerciful.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Let the unmerciful continue to search for meaning in their anger.

  Blog text (12)

• Are you honest and unmerciful, or do you hold your tongue to protect your screenwriter interests?

  Blog text (25)

• The same theme is found in Matthew's Parable of the Unmerciful Servant.

  Academic text (2003)

• Yep folks, the 80s were unmerciful to heterosexual teenage boys.

  Blog text (9)

• The movement may bear the name of one brave woman, but it also embodies the tears and fears of those who have experienced breast cancer's unmerciful grip.

  Blog text (6)

• The unmerciful criticism from the judges made her doubt her performance.

Synonyms

M

mean

vsunmerciful

699 2.2

Unkind and cruel toward other people

is more severe, indicating deliberate merciless cruelty rather than simple unkindness

C

cruel

vsunmerciful

522 2.7

Willing to cause pain or suffering to others

is like this but stresses a harsher, merciless attitude

H

harsh

vsunmerciful

289 2.8

Unkind and too strict in what someone says or does to others

is harsher, conveying no mercy rather than general severity

B

brutal

vsunmerciful

• NSFW

229 4.8

Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering

covers cruelty but leans more toward extreme harshness overall

R

ruthless

vsunmerciful

152 4.9

Not feeling sorry for others and hurting them on purpose

shares lack of pity but focuses more on extreme harshness

U

unkind

vsunmerciful

44 1.0

Not friendly or caring to other people

is stronger, showing active cruelty and no mercy rather than mere unfriendliness

I

inhumane

vsunmerciful

• NSFW

37 5.9

Very cruel and causing pain to people or animals

shares brutality but emphasizes merciless severity rather than brutality alone

U

unforgiving

vsunmerciful

35 5.8

Not willing to forgive someone and acting without mercy

overlaps in harshness but stresses merciless action rather than refusal to forgive

M

merciless

vsunmerciful

33 5.3

Showing no pity and treating people in a cruel way

means the same but stresses great harshness and lack of compassion

P

pitiless

vsunmerciful

7 7.0

Not showing any pity or kindness

expresses the same absence of pity with added emphasis on cruelty

R

remorseless

vsunmerciful

6 7.5

Not feeling sorry and continuing without stopping when hurting others

covers the same merciless stance but highlights severe harshness

U

uncharitable

vsunmerciful

5 6.7

Not kind or generous and quick to judge others harshly

is more severe, implying total lack of mercy rather than judgmental tone

U

unsparing

vsunmerciful

2 7.9

Very harsh and not forgiving when criticizing or acting

is similar but focuses more on complete absence of mercy

U

uncompassionate

vsunmerciful

1 7.3

Not caring when other people suffer

adds a stronger sense of harsh cruelty beyond mere lack of sympathy

C

compassionless

vsunmerciful

1 7.4

Shows no sympathy for people who suffer

is similar but conveys active harshness and cruelty rather than coldness alone

U

unpitying

vsunmerciful

8.8

Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer

is similar but places more weight on cruelty and severity

M

meanspirited

vsunmerciful

• Offensive

7.4

Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people

is harsher, implying full absence of mercy rather than pettiness

Antonyms

M

merciful

54 3.3

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

How Merciful

merciful

54 3.3

lenient

32 4.4

harsh

289 2.8

unmerciful

2 7.1

ruthless

152 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology