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Definition of unpitying in English: unpityingadjective ʌnˈpɪtɪɪŋˌənˈpɪdiɪŋ Not feeling or showing pity. Example sentencesExamples - The unpitying glares he gave as he slashed his opponents.
- Aldo Rossi was one of the twentieth century's most tender and thoughtful writers about the city, so it is a paradox that his urban work was often exceedingly tough, inhuman and unpitying.
- Was there a heart beneath that unfeeling, unpitying character?
- It does not matter that the unpitying genetic technology of DNA testing has shown that Anna Anderson was not Anastasia but a Polish factory girl.
- The last element required for the success of the future hoax was a savage, unpitying streak which both of them had in abundance.
Synonyms merciless, pitiless, cruel, heartless, hard-hearted, hard, stony-hearted, stony, with a heart of stone, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, harsh, callous, severe, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsparing, unforgiving, unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, uncharitable, lacking compassion
Derivatives adverb At the end, when the text hints at redemption, the music turns, unpityingly, yet more brutal. Example sentencesExamples - The conversation sticks with me; if I close my eyes, I can hear the inflections of his speech, the tone of voice that spoke unpityingly, straightforwardly, of his life.
- Of Falla in Paris, Stravinsky wrote: ‘His nature was the most unpityingly religious I have ever known - and the least sensible to manifestations of humor.’
- The mingled rain and sleet fell unpityingly from above, while the ground beneath was covered with mud and water.
- Her flesh was torn and raw and now unpityingly scorched on that side exposed to the caustic desert sun.
Definition of unpitying in US English: unpityingadjectiveˌənˈpidēiNGˌənˈpɪdiɪŋ Not feeling or showing pity. Example sentencesExamples - The last element required for the success of the future hoax was a savage, unpitying streak which both of them had in abundance.
- Was there a heart beneath that unfeeling, unpitying character?
- The unpitying glares he gave as he slashed his opponents.
- Aldo Rossi was one of the twentieth century's most tender and thoughtful writers about the city, so it is a paradox that his urban work was often exceedingly tough, inhuman and unpitying.
- It does not matter that the unpitying genetic technology of DNA testing has shown that Anna Anderson was not Anastasia but a Polish factory girl.
Synonyms merciless, pitiless, cruel, heartless, hard-hearted, hard, stony-hearted, stony, with a heart of stone, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, harsh, callous, severe, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsparing, unforgiving, unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, uncharitable, lacking compassion
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