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Synonyms for relentless
rɪˈlɛnt lɪsre·lent·less
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
relentless
That is severe which is devoid of all softness, mildness, tenderness, indulgence or levity, or (in literature and art) devoid of unnecessary ornament, amplification, or embellishment of any kind; as, a severe style; as said of anything painful, severe signifies such as heavily taxes endurance or resisting power; as, a severe pain, fever, or winter. Rigid signifies primarily stiff, resisting any effort to change its shape; a corpse is said to be rigid in death; hence, in metaphorical sense, a rigid person or character is one that resists all efforts to change the will or course of conduct; a rigid rule or statement is one that admits of no deviation. Rigorous is nearly akin to rigid, but is a stronger word, having reference to action or active qualities, as rigid does to state or character; a rigid rule may be rigorously enforced. Strict (Latin stringo, bind) signifies bound or stretched tight, tense, strenuously exact. Stern unites harshness and authority with strictness or severity; stern, as said even of inanimate objects, suggests something authoritative or forbidding. Austere signifies severely simple or temperate, strict in self-restraint or discipline, and similarly unrelenting toward others. We speak of austere morality, rigid rules, rigorous discipline, stern commands, severe punishment, harsh speech or a harsh voice, hard requirements, strict injunctions, and strict obedience. Strict discipline holds one exactly and unflinchingly to the rule; rigorous discipline punishes severely any infraction of it. The austere character is seldom lovely, but it is always strong and may be grand, commanding, and estimable.
Synonyms:
austere, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, morose, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, stiff, strict, uncompromising, unmitigated, unrelenting, unyieldingAntonyms:
affable, bland, easy, genial, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, pliable, soft, sweet, tender, tractable, yielding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
relentless
Synonyms:
cruel, inexorable, unyielding, remorseless, unmerciful, truculentAntonyms:
yielding, humane, feeling, clement, merciful, compassionate
Princeton's WordNet
grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingadjective
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
"grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
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down(p), dispirited, downcast, intransigent, brutal, exacting, severe, forbidding, persistent, austere, dismal, dark, sick, disconsolate, black, grisly, low, unrelenting, down in the mouth, stern, blue, unappeasable, gruesome, macabre, downhearted, grim, mordant, stark, dour, adamantine, strict, unforgiving, sorry, gloomy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, drear, low-spirited, adamantpersistent, relentless, unrelentingadjective
never-ceasing
"the relentless beat of the drums"
Synonyms:
unappeasable, inexorable, lasting, persistent, unrelenting, tenacious, dour, haunting, stern, unyielding, grim, dogged, unforgiving, brutal, pertinacious
Dictionary of English Synonymes
relentlessadjective
Synonyms:
unrelenting, unpitying, unforgiving, implacable, inexorable, unappeasable, cruel, vindictive, rancorous, merciless, unmerciful, uncompassionate, pitiless, hard
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
relentlessadjective
Synonyms:
ruthless, implacable, unrelenting, inexorable, unmerciful
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "relentless":
tireless, implacable, ruthless, unrelenting, unremitting, incessant, inexorable, merciless, untiring, ceaseless, unforgiving, unceasing, unabated, remorseless, pitiless, indefatigable, strenuous, constant, hard-hitting, unstoppable
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How to use relentless in a sentence?
In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing production, or by relentless labor; instead you survive by expending as little energy as possible, by striving constantly to achieve a state of immobility.
Being an actress is like a vacation, business is relentless. People work hard here. It's nice to be around people who are so committed.
The overnight action with the flight to quality in China, and Europe as well, is a continuation of a larger move in the last six to eight trading sessions of a relentless flattening of the yield curve.
This coronavirus is treacherous, and it is relentless.
He motivates his team through relentless improvement, the energy he brings to work on a daily basis is contagious.
Translations for relentless
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- متصلبArabic
- implacableCatalan, Valencian
- unerbittlich, unnachgiebigGerman
- incansable, furioso, implacable, inexorableSpanish
- periksiantamaton, heltymätön, leppymätön, säälimätön, sinnikäsFinnish
- tenace, impitoyable, implacableFrench
- tanpa belas kasihanIndonesian
- implacabileItalian
- 執拗なJapanese
- relentlessLatin
- voortdurendDutch
- sever, neobositRomanian
- неумолимый, безжалостный, неослабевающий, беспощадный, упорный, непреклонныйRussian
- กระด้างThai
- không êmVietnamese
- 狠Chinese
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