bowellessadj.
/ˈbaʊəlləs/, /ˈbaʊlləs/, U.S. /ˈbaʊə(l)ləs/, /ˈbaʊ(l)ləs/ Without bowels; without compassion or pity; merciless, unfeeling.
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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
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. ii. 64 The most cruell and bowellesse hangmen.
1752 E. Young Brothers iv. i Bowelless severity!
1863 B. Jerrold Signals of Distress 35 Bowelless imitators of their cries of agony.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1649- to make an ass of someone
- to make an attempt
- to make an end
- to make an entrance
- to make an epoch
- to make an errand
- to make an estate
- to make an estate of a thing to
- to make an estate of a thing to a person
- to make an estate of to
- to make an estate of to a person
- to make an esteem
- to make an example of
- to make an example out of
- to make an exception
- to make an exhibition of oneself
- to make an exhortation
- to make an experiment
- to make an honest shift
- to make an honest woman
- to make an honest woman of
- to make an honest woman of a woman
- to make an impact
- to make an impact on
- to make an issue of