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remorseless

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re·morse·less  (r-môrsls)
adj.
1. Having no pity or compassion; merciless.
2. Unyielding; relentless.

re·morseless·ly adv.
re·morseless·ness n.

remorseless [rɪˈmɔːslɪs]
adj
1. without compunction, pity, or compassion
2. not abating in intensity; relentless a remorseless wind
remorselessly  adv
remorselessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.remorselessremorseless - without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"
merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"

remorseless
adjective
1. relentless, unstoppable, unrelenting, inexorable, unremitting the remorseless pressure of financial constraint
Translations
remorseless [rɪˈmɔːslɪs] ADJ
1. (= merciless) → despiadado
2. (= relentless) [advance, progress] → implacable, inexorable
remorseless [rɪˈmɔːrsləs] adjimpitoyable
remorseless
adjreu(e)los, ohne Reue; (fig: = merciless) → unbarmherzig, erbarmungslos
remorseless [rɪˈmɔːslɪs] adj (person) → spietato/a; (wind, noise) → implacabile
remorseless [rɪˈmɔːslɪs] adj (person) → spietato/a; (wind, noise) → implacabile


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In his eyes lurked a look of perfectly remorseless irony, as though he had been provided with an extremely experienced soul; and the slightest distension of his nostrils would give to his bronzed face a look of extraordinary boldness.
It was a strange life, dark and tortured, in which men and women showed to remorseless eyes the evil that was in their hearts: a fair face concealed a depraved mind; the virtuous used virtue as a mask to hide their secret vice, the seeming-strong fainted within with their weakness; the honest were corrupt, the chaste were lewd.
Further on, from the bright red windows of the Sword-Fish Inn, there came such fervent rays, that it seemed to have melted the packed snow and ice from before the house, for everywhere else the congealed frost lay ten inches thick in a hard, asphaltic pavement, --rather weary for me, when I struck my foot against the flinty projections, because from hard, remorseless service the soles of my boots were in a most miserable plight.
 
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