Unrelenting

3 definitions found

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

  Unrelenting \Un`re*lent"ing\, a.
     Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. --
     {Un`re*lent"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un`re*lent"ing*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  unrelenting
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {grim}, {inexorable}, {relentless},
               {stern}, {unappeasable}, {unforgiving}]
       2: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: {persistent},
           {relentless}]

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

  137 Moby Thesaurus words for "unrelenting":
     adamant, adamantine, assiduous, cast-iron, constant, continuing,
     de longue haleine, diligent, dogged, dour, endless, enduring,
     extended, faithful, filled out, firm, flinty, fundamentalist, grim,
     hard, hard-core, hidebound, immovable, immutable, implacable,
     impliable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious,
     inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent,
     invincible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable,
     lasting, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, long-spun, long-winded,
     longiloquent, loyal, merciless, mortal, muscle-bound, never-tiring,
     obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, padded, patient, patient as Job,
     permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting,
     pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, procrustean, prolix,
     protracted, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, rapt, relentless,
     resolute, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed,
     rockbound, ruthless, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging,
     spun-out, stable, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff,
     straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn, talkative, tenacious,
     tireless, unabating, unaffected, unalterable, unappeasable,
     unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unconquerable, undaunted,
     undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging,
     unflinching, ungiving, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmoved,
     unnodding, unrelaxing, unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving,
     untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding,
     utterly attentive, verbose, weariless, windy, wordy