noun
1. feelings of extreme heartlessness
• Syn: ↑cruelty, ↑mercilessness, ↑ruthlessness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthless (for: ↑ruthlessness), ↑pitiless, ↑merciless (for: ↑mercilessness)
• Hypernyms: ↑heartlessness, ↑coldheartedness, ↑hardheartedness
2. mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
• Syn: ↑ruthlessness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthless (for: ↑ruthlessness), ↑pitiless
• Hypernyms: ↑mercilessness, ↑unmercifulness
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noun (-es) : the quality or state of being pitiless
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pitˈilessness noun
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Main Entry: ↑pity
Useful english dictionary. 2012.