unpitying

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adjective

Not feeling or showing pity.

Similar
pitilessremorselessspitefulbarbarousbowellessbrutalcompassionlesscruel
OriginEnglish pitying ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunpitying (comparative more unpitying, superlative most unpitying)

comparative more unpitying · superlative most unpitying

  1. Not feeling or showing pity.

    Synonyms: pitiless, remorseless, spiteful, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, cruel

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot feeling or showing pity.

Similar
pitilessremorselessspitefulbarbarousbowellessbrutalcompassionlesscruelflagitiousdemonicdespitefuldiabolicdiabolicalfellincessiveinclementinhumaninhumanemaliciousmerciless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivewithout mercy or pity

Similar
pitilessremorselessruthlessmercilessunmerciful
Also see
crueldispiteouspitilessremorselessruthlessunpitiful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishpitying
  9. Englishunpitying

From un- + pitying.

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APA

unpitying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpitying

MLA

“unpitying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpitying. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpitying,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpitying.

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