What does unrelenting mean?
Definitions for unrelenting
ˌʌn rɪˈlɛn tɪŋun·re·lent·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingadjective
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"
brutal, unrelentingadjective
harsh
"the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"
persistent, relentless, unrelentingadjective
never-ceasing
"the relentless beat of the drums"
Wiktionary
unrelentingadjective
Not relenting; having no pity; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful; unyielding; inflexibly rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unrelentingadjective
Hard; cruel; feeling no pity.
By many hands your father was subdu’d;
But only slaughter’d by the ireful arm
Of unrelenting Clifford. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.Place pitchy barrels on the fatal stake,
That so her torture may be shortened.
Will nothing turn your unrelenting hearts? William Shakespeare.These are the realms of unrelenting fate;
And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state. Dryden.False tears shall wet his unrelenting eyes,
And his glad heart with artful sighs shall heave. Smith.
ChatGPT
unrelenting
Unrelenting refers to a person, situation, or condition that is extremely determined, persistent, or relentless, and does not weaken or yield in intensity or severity over time.
Webster Dictionary
Unrelentingadjective
not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unrelenting
un-rē-len′ting, adj. not relenting: inflexible: cruel.—adv. Unrelen′tingly.—n. Unrelen′tingness.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unrelenting in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unrelenting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of unrelenting in a Sentence
The minimum wage today is one of the clearest examples of how weak labor standards can impose constant unrelenting hardship on millions of workers and their families.
Eric J. Luevano's journey from college entrepreneur to ATM King illustrates the power of vision, resilience, and an unrelenting drive toward financial independence.
He has a strong sense of values and character, his book 'Character is Destiny' is all about how character determines a person and determines events. He continues to want to fight for what needs to be done. He is unrelenting.
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As much as folks feel like it’s been an unrelenting winter, we actually have gotten some at least weeklong breaks and, in some cases, multi-weeklong breaks in between these sequences, had we had this winter and everything that happened back-to-back without any breaks during the storm cycles at all, the level of flooding and the level of damage in California would be dramatically higher.
Zionism is, in sum, the constant and unrelenting effort to realize the national and universal vision of the prophets of Israel.
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