Nearby Words
| Main Entry: |
relentless
 [ri-lent-lis] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuous, neverending |
| Synonyms: | incessant, nonstop, persistent, pertinacious, punishing, sustained, tenacious, unabated, unbroken, unfaltering, unflagging, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unstoppable |
| Antonyms: | ending, intermittent, stopping |
| Main Entry: | unrelenting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | merciless |
| Synonyms: | bound, bound and determined, brick-wall, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, cruel, dead set on, endless, grim, hanging tough, hard-headed, implacable, incessant, inexorable, intransigent, iron-fisted, mortal, perpetual, persistent, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, rigid, ruthless, set, steady, stern, stiff, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough, unabated, unbending, unbroken, unflinching, unremitting, unsparing, unwavering, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, flexible, merciful, relenting, sympathetic |
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Example Sentences
- Debutante festivities continue unabated and there is no sign of any falling off in parties during the coming week.
- We spend ever-increasing funds on this matter and the proliferation of drugs continue unabated.
- The crowd of spectators was as large as on any former occasion, and the anxiety to obtain admission utterly unabated.
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