mercilessness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
feelings of extreme heartlessness
Types & categories
- heartlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
Types & categories
- inhumanity hypernym
- ruthlessness hyponym
- relentlessness hyponym
Related & opposite
- mercifulness antonym
- merciless derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitiless |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | merciless |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitiless |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | heartlessness |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | mercifulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | merciless |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inhumanity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruthlessness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | relentlessness |