Synonyms for unforgiving
ˌʌn fərˈgɪv ɪŋun·for·giv·ing

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1. unforgiving

   Synonyms:
   implacable, vindictive, relentless

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1. unforgivingadjective

   unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy

   "a surly unforgiving old woman"

   Synonyms:
   relentless, inexorable, stern, unrelenting, grim, unappeasable

   Antonyms:
   tolerant, forgiving, kind, placable, unvindictive

2. 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, relentless, sorry, gloomy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, drear, low-spirited, adamant

   Antonyms:
   kind, tolerant, unvindictive, forgiving, placable

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1. unforgivingadjective

   Synonyms:
   implacable, irremissive, relentless

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1. List of paraphrases for "unforgiving":

   ruthless, implacable, merciless, relentless, unrelenting, pitiless, irreconcilable, intransigent, unmerciful, callous

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How to use unforgiving in a sentence?

1. Rudyard Kipling:

   If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run— Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And—you'll be a Man, my son!

2. Darren Palmer:

   The customer will be unforgiving of quality issues.

3. Melissa George:

   The one thing I certainly did n’t know was that nearly five years later, a clearly traumatized Melissa George would plead publicly to Australia for help after a very troubling incident of domestic violence in her French home and those words of hers would still be used against her by so many. Is Australia really so unforgiving that those flippant and somewhat ridiculous remarks will be held against her for years ? I just wanted to say sorry, Melissa George, you don’t deserve it.

4. Coast Guard:

   The seas of Antarctica are treacherous and unforgiving, this incident is a sobering reminder of the importance of the U.S. icebreaker fleet as we see increased human activity in the polar regions.

5. Aaron David Miller:

   Whatever the aspirations on the campaign trail, they have given way to the realities of what it takes to conduct American foreign policy in a cruel and unforgiving world, the way this administration does business is highly unorthodox in so many respects.