Meanings
adjectiverelentless (comparative more relentless, superlative most relentless)
comparative more relentless · superlative most relentless
- Unrelenting or unyielding in severity.
She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 111 - Steady and persistent; unremitting.
In Clintonworld, the reaction to Grassley’s relentless assault on Huma is one of resignation.
2016 January 31, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair, retrieved 21 Jan 2016
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
adjectivenever-ceasing
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishrelent
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishrelentless
Translations
Arabic عَدِيم الشَّفَقَة, قَاسٍ
- عَدِيم الشَّفَقَة (ʕadīm aš-šafaqa)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- قَاسٍ (qāsin)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
Bulgarian неумоли́м, непрекло́нен
- неумоли́м (neumolím)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- непрекло́нен (nepreklónen)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- неотсла́бващ (neotslábvašt)steady and persistent
Catalan implacable, inexorable
- implacableunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- inexorablesteady and persistent
Chinese Mandarin 永無止境 /永无止境
- 永無止境 /永无止境 (yǒngwúzhǐjìng)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
Czech neúprosný, nelítostný
- neúprosnýunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- nelítostnýunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- nemilosrdnýunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- nesmiřitelnýunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- nepolevujícísteady and persistent
- trvalýsteady and persistent
- vytrvalýsteady and persistent
- neochabujicísteady and persistent
- neustálýsteady and persistent
- nepřetržitýsteady and persistent
- nekonečnýsteady and persistent
Dutch meedogenloos, voortdurend
- meedogenloosunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- voortdurendsteady and persistent
Finnish leppymätön, säälimätön
- leppymätönunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- säälimätönunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- heltymätönunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- periksiantamatonsteady and persistent
- sinnikässteady and persistent
French implacable, impitoyable
- implacableunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- impitoyableunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- tenacesteady and persistent
German unnachgiebig, unbarmherzig
- unnachgiebigunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- unbarmherzigunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- unnachsichtigunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- unerbittlichunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- unablässigsteady and persistent
- unermüdlichsteady and persistent
Irish gan staonadh, síorleanúnach
- gan staonadhunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- síorleanúnachsteady and persistent
Italian implacabile, tenace
- implacabileunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- tenacesteady and persistent
Latin inexōrābilis
- inexōrābilissteady and persistent
Māori papahueke, āwai
- papahuekeunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- āwaisteady and persistent
- papahuekesteady and persistent
Norwegian Bokmål nådeløs
- nådeløssteady and persistent
Polish nieubłagany, nieugięty
- nieubłaganyunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- nieugiętyunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- nieustępliwyunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- bezlitosnyunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- bezustannysteady and persistent
- nieustannysteady and persistent
- nieustającysteady and persistent
- zaciętysteady and persistent
Portuguese implacável, inexorável
- implacávelunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- inexorávelsteady and persistent
Romanian sever
- severunrelenting or unyielding in severity
Russian неумоли́мый, непрекло́нный
- неумоли́мый (neumolímyj)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- непрекло́нный (nepreklónnyj)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- беспоща́дный (bespoščádnyj)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- безжа́лостный (bezžálostnyj)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- упо́рный (upórnyj)steady and persistent
- неослабева́ющий (neoslabevájuščij)steady and persistent
Spanish no relenteciente, implacable
- no relentecienteunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- implacableunrelenting or unyielding in severity
- no relentecientesteady and persistent
- tenazsteady and persistent
Ukrainian безжа́лісний, безжа́льний
- безжа́лісний (bezžálisnyj)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- безжа́льний (bezžálʹnyj)unrelenting or unyielding in severity
- невпи́нний (nevpýnnyj)steady and persistent
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APA
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Chicago
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