Meanings
comparative more unpitiful · superlative most unpitiful
- archaicWithout pity; pitiless.
1567, William Painter (translator), “Letters of the Emperour Traiane” in The Second Tome of the Palace of Pleasure, London: Nicholas England, […] the Gods neuer shewed them selues so rigorous, as against a mercilesse and vnpitiful people.
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1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son and T. Cadell, Volume 3, Book 6, Chapter 1, p. 220, To be sure, I can’t say myself as she was overcomplaisant to make us welcome; but I hope I am above being so unpitiful as for to owe her a grudge for it now she’s so down in the mouth.
Don’t tell of her sin and her sorrow to so severe a man—so unpitiful a judge.
1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 18, in RuthSynonyms: remorseless, spiteful, unpitying, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, cruel
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWithout pity; pitiless.
Origin
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