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US
/ˈpɪtiɫəs/
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[ UK /pˈɪtiləs/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪtiləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- deficient in humane and kindly feelings
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without mercy or pity
an act of ruthless ferocity
a monster of remorseless cruelty
How To Use pitiless In A Sentence
- They said he was a pitiless , cold - blooded fellow , with no geniality in him.
- Today's enemy, however, is not a philosophy that condemned millions, but an implacable, unappeasable, pitiless fanaticism that exists on the very fringes of humanity.
- But pitiless producers are defying her wishes and are plying contestants with beer and wine. The Sun
- Chavalit was ridiculed pitilessly in the domestic media.
- On this street was a throng of trucks and wagons lading and unlading; bales and boxes rose and sank by pulleys overhead; the footway was a labyrinth of packages of every shape and size: there was no flagging of the pitiless energy that moved all forward, no sign of how heavy a weight lay on it, save in the reeking faces of its helpless instruments. Complete March Family Trilogy
- He sniffled and wept, but Wolf Larsen was pitiless. Chapter 13
- The sun was yet so pale a buckler of silver through the still white mists that not a cord or timber cast a shadow; and only Abel Keeling's face and hands were black, carked and cinder-black from exposure to his pitiless rays. Widdershins
- Arlack possessed a most splendid squint with both eyes, so that it was often observed he would make a capital cook, as he could always keep one eye on the pot while he surveyed the intricacies of the chimney with the other; and, to complete the catalogue of his complexional recommendations, his face was absolutely furrowed, seamed and gashed until it had nearly lost a human shape by the pitiless assaults of the smallpox. Ralph Rashleigh
- The showdown was fierce as both of them employed the basic rules of the trade: ruthlessness, mercilessness, and pitilessness.
- He saw the pitiless eyes of his enemy.