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English Dictionary: relentless by the DICT Development Group
2 results for relentless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
relentless
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"
    Synonym(s): grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
  2. never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
    Synonym(s): persistent, relentless, unrelenting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Relentless \Re*lent"less\, a.
      Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to
      the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness;
      unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless
      despotism.
  
               For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . .
               Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. --Dryden.
      -- {Re*lent"less*ly}, adv. -- {Re*lent"less*ness}, n.
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