pitilessadjective
uk/ˈpɪt.i.ləs/us/ˈpɪt̬.i.ləs/cruel and having no pity:
the dictator's pitiless rule
a pitiless critic
severe and unpleasant:
He told us his story in pitiless detail.
Few people were out in the pitiless midday sun.
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Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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Severe
Serious and unpleasant
pitilessly
adverb uk/ˈpɪt.i.ləs.li/us/ˈpɪt̬.i.ləs.li/
pitilessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈpɪt.i.ləs.nəs/us/ˈpɪt̬.i.ləs.nəs/