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unrelenting

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un·re·lent·ing  (nr-lntng)
adj.
1. Having or exhibiting uncompromising determination; unyielding: an unrelenting human rights worker.
2. Not diminishing in intensity, pace, or effort: an unrelenting ice storm.

unre·lenting·ly adv.

unrelenting
Adjective
1. refusing to relent or take pity
2. not diminishing in determination, effort, or force
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unrelentingunrelenting - 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"
implacable - incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy"
2.unrelenting - harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"
intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
3.unrelentingunrelenting - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"

unrelenting
Translations
Spanish unrelenting [ʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adjimplacable
French unrelenting [ʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adjimplacable; acharné(e)
German unrelenting [ʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adj [person, behaviour etc] → unnachgiebig
Italian unrelenting [ʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adjimplacabile; accanito/a

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Creon, unrelenting, condemns her to be immured in a rock-hewn chamber.
Where pride and stupidity unite there can be no dissimulation worthy notice, and Miss Vernon shall be consigned to unrelenting contempt; but by all that I can gather Lady Susan possesses a degree of captivating deceit which it must be pleasing to witness and detect.
On hearing her announced by the Name of "Lady Dorothea," I instantly quitted my Post and followed her into the Parlour, for I well remembered that she was the Lady, proposed as a Wife for my Edward by the Cruel and Unrelenting Baronet.
 
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