pitiless

English

Etymology

From Middle English piteeles, pyteles; equivalent to pity +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪtɪləs/

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Adjective

pitiless (comparative more pitiless, superlative most pitiless)

1. Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
2. Having no kind feelings; unkind.

Derived terms

• pitilessly

Translations

having no pity

• Armenian: վատասիրտ (hy) (vatasirt), քար (hy) (kʻar)
• Belarusian: бязлі́тасны (bjazlítasny), неміласэ́рны (njemilasérny)
• Bulgarian: безмилостен (bg) (bezmilosten)
• Czech: nelítostný, nemilosrdný (cs)
• Dutch: meedogenloos (nl), onbarmhartig (nl)
• Esperanto: senkompata
• Faroese: miskunnarleysur, eirindaleysur
• Finnish: armoton (fi)
• French: impitoyable (fr)
• Friulian: crudêl
• Georgian: შეუბრალებელი (šeubralebeli), ულმობელი (ulmobeli)
• German: erbarmungslos (de), unbarmherzig (de)
• Greek: αλύπητος (el) (alýpitos)

  Ancient: ἄνοικτος (ánoiktos)

• Irish: cruachroíoch
• Italian: spietato (it), crudele (it), impietoso (it)
• Latin: torvus, immisericors
• Manx: neuerreeishagh
• Ottoman Turkish: دینسز (dinsiz)
• Polish: bezlitosny (pl), niemiłosierny (pl)
• Portuguese: impiedoso, desapiedado (pt)
• Russian: безжа́лостный (ru) (bezžálostnyj), немилосе́рдный (ru) (nemilosérdnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-thruacanta, mì-chneasta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏човечан (Ekavian), не̏човјечан (Ijekavian), не̏милосрдан

  Roman: nȅčovečan (sh) (Ekavian), nȅčovječan (sh) (Ijekavian), nȅmilosrdan (sh)

• Slovak: neľútostný
• Spanish: despiadado (es)
• Swedish: skoningslös (sv)
• Ukrainian: безжа́лісний (uk) (bezžálisnyj), безжа́льний (uk) (bezžálʹnyj), немилосе́рдний (nemylosérdnyj)

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