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relentless - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'relentless' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Relentless [ a.]
- Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.

Meaning of 'relentless' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . relentless [ s]
Meaning (1):
- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Example in sentence:
  • grim determination;
  • grim necessity;
  • relentless persecution;
  • Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty;
  • the stern demands of parenthood
Meaning (2):
- never-ceasing
Example in sentence:
  • the relentless beat of the drums

Nearby Words:

relade relaid relais reland relapse relapsed relapser relapsing relate related

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