Meanings
comparative more remorseless · superlative most remorseless
- Unyielding or relentless.
She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.
1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWithout remorse, mercy or pity.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewithout mercy or pity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishremorse
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishremorseless
Translations
Bulgarian безпощаден
- безпощаден (bezpoštaden)Without remorse, mercy or pity
German reuelos
- reuelosWithout remorse, mercy or pity
Russian безжа́лостный, беспоща́дный
- безжа́лостный (bezžálostnyj)Without remorse, mercy or pity
- беспоща́дный (bespoščádnyj)Without remorse, mercy or pity
Ukrainian безжа́льний, безжа́лісний
- безжа́льний (bezžálʹnyj)Without remorse, mercy or pity
- безжа́лісний (bezžálisnyj)Without remorse, mercy or pity
Cite this entry
remorseless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remorseless
“remorseless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remorseless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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