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unrelenting [ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adj
1. refusing to relent or take pity; relentless; merciless 2. not diminishing in determination, speed, effort, force, etc. unrelentingly adv unrelentingness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
unrelenting adjective 1. merciless, tough, ruthless, relentless, cruel, stern, inexorable, implacable, intransigent, remorseless, pitiless, unsparing in the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism 2. steady, constant, continuous, endless, perpetual, continual, unbroken, incessant, unabated, ceaseless, unremitting, unwavering an unrelenting downpour of rain Translations unrelenting [ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adj (= relentless) [person, criticism, pursuit, thoroughness] → implacable unrelenting adj pressure → unablässig; opposition → unerbittlich; violence, criticism, pain → unvermindert, anhaltend; determination → hartnäckig; pace, severity → unvermindert; attack, struggle → unerbittlich, unvermindert; rain → anhaltend attr, → nicht nachlassend attr; (= not merciful) person, heat → unbarmherzig; we must be unrelenting in our struggle → wir müssen unablässig weiterkämpfen; they kept up an unrelenting attack → sie führten den Angriff mit unverminderter Stärke durch unrelenting [ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adj (rain, heat) → incessante; (activity) → senza tregua; (attack) → che non dà tregua; (hatred) → irriducibile, implacabile; (person) → spietato/a unrelenting [ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adj (rain, heat) → incessante; (activity) → senza tregua; (attack) → che non dà tregua; (hatred) → irriducibile, implacabile; (person) → spietato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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