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merciful |
Grep of noun merciful mercifulness Overview of adj merciful The adj merciful has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) merciful -- (showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god") 2. kind merciful -- (characterized by mercy, and compassion; "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge") 3. merciful -- (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility; "our merciful king") Antonyms of adj merciful 3 senses of merciful Sense 1 merciful (vs. merciless) merciless (vs. merciful), unmerciful => cutthroat, fierce, bowelless => mortal(postnominal) => pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpitying => tigerish Sense 2 kind merciful INDIRECT (VIA humane) -> inhumane Sense 3 merciful INDIRECT (VIA gracious) -> ungracious Similarity of adj merciful 3 senses of merciful Sense 1 merciful (vs. merciless) => compassionate Also See-> clement#2; compassionate#2; humane#2; kind#1; soft#2 Sense 2 kind merciful => humane (vs. inhumane) Sense 3 merciful => gracious (vs. ungracious) Attributes of adj merciful Familiarity of adj merciful merciful used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj merciful merciful unmerciful Overview of adj merciful The adj merciful has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) merciful -- (showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god") 2. kind merciful -- (characterized by mercy, and compassion; "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge") 3. merciful -- (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility; "our merciful king")
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