English
Etymology
From Middle English merciles mercyles mercy -less
Pronunciation
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Adjective
merciless (comparative more merciless , superlative most merciless )
Showing no mercy ; cruel and pitiless .
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Translations
showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless
Bulgarian: безмилостен (bg) ( bezmilosten )
Catalan: despietat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘忍 ／ 残忍 (zh) ( cánrěn ) , 残忍 (zh) ( cánrěn ) , 無情 ／ 无情 (zh) ( wúqíng ) , 无情 (zh) ( wúqíng )
Czech: nemilosrdný m
Dutch: genadeloos (nl)
Finnish: armoton (fi) , säälimätön (fi)
French: impitoyable (fr)
German: gnadenlos (de)
Greek: αλύπητος (el) ( alýpitos )
Ancient: ἀνελεήμων ( aneleḗmōn ) , ἄσπλαγχνος ( ásplankhnos )
Hindi: निर्दय (hi) ( nirday ) , निष्ठुर (hi) ( niṣṭhur )
Indonesian: sadis (id)
Italian: spietato (it) , crudele (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 無慈悲 (ja) ( mujihi ) , 容赦ない ( yōsha nai )
Korean: 무자비하다 ( mujabihada )
Latin: immisericors
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nådeløs
Nynorsk: nådelaus
Polish: bezlitosny (pl) m niemiłosierny (pl) m
Portuguese: impiedoso imisericordioso m
Russian: беспоща́дный (ru) ( bespoščádnyj ) , безжа́лостный (ru) ( bezžálostnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: mì-chneasta
Spanish: despiadado (es) , inmisericorde (es)
Swedish: skoningslös (sv) , obarmhärtig (sv)
Tagalog: walang awa
Turkish: acımasız (tr)
Ukrainian: безжалісний (uk) ( bezžalisnyj ) , безжальний (uk) ( bezžalʹnyj ) , безпощадний (uk) ( bezpoščadnyj )
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