Synonyms
- affectless
- callous
- case-hardened
- cold-blooded
- compassionless
- desensitized
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- indurate
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensate
- insensitive
- ironhearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pachydermatous
- remorseless
- ruthless
- slash-and-burn
- soulless
- stony
- stoney
- stonyhearted
- take-no-prisoners
- thick-skinned
- uncharitable
- unfeeling
- unmerciful
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
Examples of pitiless in a Sentence
The soldiers were pitiless toward their enemy.
gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
Is it not fated to a pitiless future of every man for himself?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
At heart, In a Violent Nature isn’t an art film playing on horror tropes but something like the inverse: a pitiless old-school slasher that simply takes a roundabout and rather scenic path to the usual scuzzy thrills.
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—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2021
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
Is it not fated to a pitiless future of every man for himself?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
At heart, In a Violent Nature isn’t an art film playing on horror tropes but something like the inverse: a pitiless old-school slasher that simply takes a roundabout and rather scenic path to the usual scuzzy thrills.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Play Download Article In the first lecture of any introduction to international relations class, students are typically warned of the pitiless consequences of anarchy.
—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2021
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“Pitiless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitiless. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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pitiless
adjective
piti·less
ˈpit-i-ləs 
ˈpit-ᵊl-əs
pitilessly
adverb
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