merciful

English

Etymology

mercy +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

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Adjective

merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)

1. showing mercy
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

Antonyms

• merciless
• cruel

Translations

showing mercy

Arabic: رحيم (ar) (raHiim), رحمـن (ar) (raHmaan) Chinese: Mandarin: 仁慈 (cmn) (réncí), 慈悲的 (cmn) (cíbēi-de) Dutch: barmhartig (nl), genadig (nl) French: miséricordieux (fr) m., indulgent (fr) m., sensible (fr) f. German: gnädig (de), barmherzig (de) Italian: misericordioso (it) m., misericordiosa (it) f.

Japanese: 慈悲深い (ja) (じひぶかい, jihibukai), 慈愛深い (ja) (じあいかい, jiaibukai) Ottoman Turkish: رحيم Russian: милосердный (ru) (milosérdnyj), милостивый (ru) (mílostivyj) Scottish Gaelic: tròcaireach (gd),cneasta (gd),truacanta (gd) Spanish: misericordioso (es) m., misericordiosa (es) f. Turkish: merhamet (tr), rahman (tr), rahim (tr)

Anagrams

• crimeful