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relentless |
2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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 [syn: {grim}, {inexorable}, {stern}, {unappeasable}, {unforgiving}, {unrelenting}] 2: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: {persistent}, {unrelenting}]
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