unrelenting
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un·re·lent·ing
(ŭn′rĭ-lĕn′tĭng)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.
un′re·lent′ing·ly adv.
unrelenting
(ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ)adj
1. refusing to relent or take pity; relentless; merciless
2. not diminishing in determination, speed, effort, force, etc
ˌunreˈlentingly adv
ˌunreˈlentingness n
un•re•lent•ing
(ˌʌn rɪˈlɛn tɪŋ)adj.
1. not relenting; not swerving in determination or resolution; inflexible.
2. not easing or slackening, as in intensity, speed, or vigor.
[1580–90]
un`re•lent′ing•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() 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. | ![]() 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
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
unrelenting
adjectiveFirmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:
adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unyielding.
Idiom: stubborn as a mule.
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