† incompassionateadj.
Obsolete.
Not compassionate; void of compassion or pity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective]
ruthlessc1330
unpiteousa1393
pitilessa1450
unpitifulc1449
unbowelled1592
unpitying1597
brassy1600
tearless1603
incompassionate1611
heartbound1614
uncompassionatea1616
illachrymable1623
compassionless1625
bowelless1649
incomplexionate1660
uncompassionatinga1711
dispiteous1803
pulseless1820
inhumane1822
impiteous1877
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Impiteux, pitilesse, incompassionate.
1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 148 Hee was to wrestle with the vniust and bitter vpbraidings of vnreasonable and incompassionate men.
1674 Flatman Rev. 8 When incompassionate Age shall plow The delicate Amira's brow.
1679 Established Test 21 They will..repay them with the..most incompassionate Cruelty.
Derivatives
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the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb]
unpiteouslyc1390
unruefullya1400
unruthfullya1400
vengeably1412
ruthlessly1581
unpitifully1587
inhumanely1598
pitilessly1611
uncompassionately1612
incompassionately1639
unpityingly1741
impitiably1835
tearlessly1853
1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. E2 Plead not..without sence of pity So incompassionatly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun]
unpiteousnessc1400
unruthc1425
unpity1447
inhumanity1477
unpitifulness1526
incompassionateness1621
incompassion1627
pitilessness1682
ruthlessness1777
dispiteousness1861
uncompassionateness1862
1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. 94 (T. Suppl.) The incompassionateness of other great men, which were merciless, cruel, and hard-hearted.
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