Relentless RELENT'LESS, a. Unmoved by pity unpitying; insensible to the distress of others; destitute of tenderness; as a pray to relentless despotism.
For this th' avenging pow'r employs his darts,
Thus will persist relentless in his ire.
Relentless thoughts, in Milton, may signify unremitted, intently fixed on disquieting objects.
[This sense of the word is unusual and not to be countenanced.]

relentless adj 1: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting] 2: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: persistent, relentless, unrelenting]

relentless adjective Date: circa 1592 showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace ; unrelenting <relentless pressure> <a relentless campaign> • relentlessly adverb • relentlessness noun

relentless
adj.
1 unrelenting; insistent and uncompromising.
2 continuous; oppressively constant (the pressure was relentless).
Derivatives:
relentlessly adv. relentlessness n.

relentless 1. Something bad that is relentless never stops or never becomes less intense. The pressure now was relentless. ADJ • relentlessly The sun is beating down relentlessly. ADV 2. Someone who is relentless is determined to do something and refuses to give up, even if what they are doing is unpleasant or cruel. Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable... ADJ • relentlessly She always questioned me relentlessly. ADV

Relentless \Re*lent"less\, a. Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . . Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. --Dryden. -- Re*lent"less*ly, adv. -- Re*lent"less*ness, n.

relentless a. Unrelenting, unpitying, unforgiving, implacable, inexorable, unappeasable, cruel, vindictive, rancorous, merciless, unmerciful, uncompassionate, pitiless, hard, unyielding, remorseless.

relentless rɪˈlentlɪs adj. 1 unyielding, inexorable, unstoppable, unrelenting, dogged, implacable, inflexible, unbending, unmoving, unmoved, unrelieved, stiff, hard, stiff-necked, rigid, obstinate, adamant, obdurate, intransigent, determined, unswerving, undeviating, intractable, persevering, steely, tough, intransigent, unsparing, uncompromising, pitiless, unforgiving, ruthless, merciless, cruel, unmerciful, remorseless: The novel is about the relentless horde of Mongols that swept across Europe in the 13th century. 2 non-stop, persistent, incessant, unrelenting, unremitting, unstoppable, perpetual, unfaltering, unfailing, unflagging, unrelieved, unabated, unrelieved, unbroken, continual, continuous, ceaseless, constant, unceasing, steady, habitual, regular: Won't you ever stop your relentless nagging?

204 Moby Thesaurus words for "relentless": adamant, adamantine, ardent, assiduous, bound, bound and determined, bowelless, cast-iron, ceaseless, certain, committed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, cruel, decided, decisive, dedicated, definite, determined, devoted, diligent, dog-eat-dog, dogged, dour, earnest, enduring, energetic, faithful, fated, fateful, ferocious, fervent, fierce, firm, flinty, fundamentalist, grim, habitual, hard, hard-core, hardworking, harsh, heartless, hidebound, immovable, immutable, implacable, impliable, inalterable, incessant, inclement, indefatigable, indefeasible, indomitable, industrious, inelastic, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, insistent, intractable, intransigent, invincible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable, irresistible, irrevocable, laborious, lasting, loyal, merciless, mortal, muscle-bound, necessary, never idle, never-tiring, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, pitiless, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, purposeful, rapt, regular, remorseless, resistless, resolute, resolved, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, ruthless, sedulous, serious, sincere, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff, stiff-necked, straightlaced, straitlaced, strenuous, strict, stringent, stubborn, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, tenacious, tireless, tough, unabated, unabating, unaffected, unalterable, unappeasable, unavoidable, unbending, unbroken, unceasing, unchangeable, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncompromising, unconquerable, uncontrollable, undaunted, undeflectable, undeviating, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unfeeling, unflagging, unflinching, unforgiving, ungiving, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmerciful, unmoved, unmoving, unnodding, unpitiful, unpitying, unpreventable, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unremorseful, unsleeping, unsparing, unstoppable, unswerving, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vehement, weariless, wholehearted, without mercy, zealous

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