What does remorseless mean?

Definitions for remorseless
rɪˈmɔrs lɪsre·morse·less

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word remorseless.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpityingadjective

    without mercy or pity

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

Wiktionary

  1. remorselessadjective

    without remorse, mercy or pity

  2. remorselessadjective

    unyielding or relentless

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Remorselessadjective

    Unpitying; cruel; savage.

    Etymology: from remorse.

    Where were the nymphs, when the remorseless deep
    Clos’d o’er the head of your lov’d Lycidas. John Milton.

    O the inexpressible horrour that will seize upon a sinner, when he stands arraigned at the bar of divine justice! when he shall see his accuser, his judge, the witnesses, all his remorseless adversaries. Robert South, Sermons.

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  1. remorseless

    Remorseless refers to an individual or behavior showing no regret, guilt, or shame for wrongdoing or harm caused. It describes a lack of compassion, guilt, or any sort of moral restraint, especially regarding behavior that harms others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Remorselessadjective

    being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of remorseless in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of remorseless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of remorseless in a Sentence

  1. Boris Johnson:

    We will continue on a remorseless mission to squeeze Russia, from the global economy, piece by piece. Day by day, and week by week.

  2. J. G. Ballard:

    The car as we know it is on the way out. To a large extent, I deplore its passing, for as a basically old-fashioned machine, it enshrines a basically old-fashioned idea: freedom. In terms of pollution, noise and human life, the price of that freedom may be high, but perhaps the car, by the very muddle and confusion it causes, may be holding back the remorseless spread of the regimented, electronic society.

  3. Sophocles:

    Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.

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