Meanings
nounrelentlessness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe condition of being relentless.
The more I learned about transkids, the more I grilled you, every day. I'm ashamed of my relentlessness, but I had to know. “Why do you want to be a boy?” “I don't know.”
2012, Rachel Pepper, Transitions of the Heart
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 堅持不懈 /坚持不懈
- 堅持不懈 /坚持不懈 (jiānchíbùxiè)condition of being relentless
Dutch vasthoudendheid
- vasthoudendheidcondition of being relentless
Finnish periksiantamattomuus, säälimättömyys
- periksiantamattomuuscondition of being relentless
- säälimättömyyscondition of being relentless
- heltymättömyyscondition of being relentless
French acharnement
- acharnementcondition of being relentless
German Unnachgiebigkeit, Unerbittlichkeit
- Unnachgiebigkeitcondition of being relentless
- Unerbittlichkeitcondition of being relentless
Irish aindiúid
- aindiúidcondition of being relentless
Norwegian Bokmål uforsonlighet
- uforsonlighetcondition of being relentless
Polish bezustanność, zacięcie
- bezustannośćcondition of being relentless
- zacięciecondition of being relentless
Romanian inexorabilitate
- inexorabilitatecondition of being relentless
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relentlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relentlessness
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“relentlessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relentlessness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relentlessness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relentlessness.
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