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Definitions for pitiless
ˈpɪt ɪ lɪs, ˈpɪt i-piti·less

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpityingadjective

    without mercy or pity

    "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

  2. pitiless, unkindadjective

    deficient in humane and kindly feelings

Wiktionary

  1. pitilessadjective

    having, or showing, no pity; merciless

  2. pitilessadjective

    having no kindly feelings; unkind

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pitilessadjective

    Wanting pity; wanting compassion; merciless.

    Etymology: from pity.

    Fair be ye sure, but proud and pitiless,
    As is a storm, that all things doth prostrate,
    Finding a tree alone all comfortless,
    Beats on it strongly, it to ruinate. Edmund Spenser.

    Hadst thou in person ne’er offended me,
    Even for his sake am I now pitiless. William Shakespeare.

    My chance, I see,
    Hath made ev’n pity, pitiless in thee. Edward Fairfax.

    Upon my livid lips bestow a kiss,
    Nor fear your kisses can restore my breath;
    Even you are not more pitiless than death. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. pitiless

    Pitiless refers to showing no pity, compassion or mercy; being harsh, cruel, or unfeeling. It is often used to describe a person's actions, attitude or nature that lacks any form of sympathy or understanding for others' suffering or difficulties.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pitilessadjective

    destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements

  2. Pitilessadjective

    exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pitiless in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pitiless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pitiless in a Sentence

  1. J. William Fulbright:

    Naturepitiless in a pitiless universeis certainly not concerned with the survival of Americans or, for that matter, of any of the two billion people now inhabiting this earth. Hence, our destiny, with the aid of God, remains in our own hands.

  2. Charles Robert Darwin:

    The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  3. Finley Peter Dunne:

    A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.

  4. Erik Pevernagie:

    Time' can be pitiless. Time is able to convert the flame of love into a mood of restraint. A paradise of adulation can become a setting of animosity and ecstasy can change into indifference. Mutual complicity can become a balance of power and heaven can turn into hell. Eventually only a best friend remains ː ' Me, myself and I' . -Erik Pevernagie

  5. Simone Weil:

    Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

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