pitiless

🇬🇧 UK/'pitilis/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Showing no pity or mercy; ruthless and cruel.

无情的,冷酷的,毫无怜悯心的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
pitiother
+
lesswithout, lacking
=pitiless

Common Collocations

  • 1.pitiless cruelty冷酷无情的残暴
  • 2.pitiless sun无情的烈日
  • 3.pitiless attack毫不留情的攻击
  • 4.[pitiless indifference]冷漠无情的态度

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The pitiless dictator showed no mercy to those who dared to oppose him.

  • 2.

    Explorers faced the pitiless desert sun with little water and dwindling supplies.

  • 3.

    Her pitiless criticism left the young writer feeling utterly defeated.

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