merciless

merciless
mercilessly, adv.mercilessness, n.
/merr"si lis/, adj.
without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
[1300-50; ME mercyles. See MERCY, -LESS]
Syn. hard, relentless, unrelenting, fell, unsympathetic, inexorable.
Ant. compassionate.

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