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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pitiless \Pit"i*less\, adjective
1. Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
2. Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition. -- {Pit"i*less*ly}, adverb -- {Pit"i*less*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pitiless
adjective
1: without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty" [syn: {remorseless}, {ruthless}, {unpitying}]
2: deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: {unkind}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "pitiless": atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, bloody, bowelless, brutal, brutish, coldhearted, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, inclement, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, ironhearted, kill-crazy, malign, malignant, marblehearted, merciless, murderous, noncivilized, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, stony, tameless, uncivilized, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unforgiving, ungentle, unmerciful, unpitiful, unpitying, unremorseful, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untamed, unyielding, vicious, wild, without mercy
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