Definitions for unforgivingˌʌn fərˈgɪv ɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•for•giv•ingˌʌn fərˈgɪv ɪŋ(adj.)

  1. not disposed or able to forgive; unrelenting; unyielding.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. not allowing for weakness.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unforgiving(adj)

    unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy

    "a surly unforgiving old woman"

  2. grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting(adj)

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. unforgiving(Adjective)

    Not forgiving


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