Definition of unmerciful Unmerciful
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We found 4 definitions of unmerciful from 4 different sources.
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What does unmerciful mean?
WordNet
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| unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" | ||
| merciless | ||
| merciful (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king" | ||
| bloody having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight" | ||
| hard dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" | ||
| inclement used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge" | ||
| implacable incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" | ||
| uncompassionate lacking compassion or feeling for others; "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare | ||
| unkind lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" | ||
| bowelless, cutthroat, fierce ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage" | ||
| mortal unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy" | ||
| remorseless, ruthless, unpitying, pitiless deficient in humane and kindly feelings | ||
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Wiktionary 
- unmerciful (Adjective)
Not showing mercy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unmerciful (a.)
Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unmerciful
un-mer′si-fōōl, adj. showing no mercy: exorbitant.—adv. Unmer′cifully.—n. Unmer′cifulness
