Pitilessness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pitiless \Pit"i*less\, a.
     1. Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a
        pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
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     2. Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition.


        [1913 Webster] -- {Pit"i*less*ly}, adv. --
        {Pit"i*less*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pitilessness
       n 1: feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: {cruelty}, {mercilessness},
             {ruthlessness}]
       2: mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity [syn: {ruthlessness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "pitilessness":
     acuteness, animality, atrocity, barbarity, bloodlust, brutality,
     callosity, callousness, coldbloodedness, coldheartedness, coldness,
     destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness, fierceness, force,
     furiousness, hardheartedness, hardness, hardness of heart,
     harshness, heart of stone, heartlessness, impetuosity, inclemency,
     inhumanity, insensitivity, intensity, malignity, mercilessness,
     mindlessness, murderousness, obduracy, rigor, roughness, savagery,
     severity, sharpness, terrorism, unfeeling, ungentleness,
     unmercifulness, unnaturalness, unresponsiveness, vandalism,
     vehemence, venom, viciousness, violence, virulence