relentless

English

Etymology

relent +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈlɛntləs/

Adjective

relentless (comparative more relentless, superlative most relentless)

1. Unrelenting or unyielding in severity
2. Unremitting, steady and persistent
   • 2016 January 31, "Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):

     In Clintonworld, the reaction to Grassley’s relentless assault on Huma is one of resignation.

Derived terms

• relentlessness

Translations

unrelenting or unyielding in severity

• Catalan: implacable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 永无止境 (zh) (yŏng wú zhĭ jìng)

• Czech: neúprosný m, nelítostný m, nemilosrdný m, nesmiřitelný m
• Dutch: meedogenloos (nl)
• Finnish: leppymätön (fi), säälimätön (fi), heltymätön
• French: implacable (fr), impitoyable (fr)
• Georgian: დაუცხრომელი (daucxromeli), დაუღალავი (dauɣalavi), ულმობელი (ulmobeli)
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• German: unnachgiebig (de)
• Irish: gan staonadh
• Italian: implacabile (it)
• Maori: papahueke
• Portuguese: implacável (pt)
• Romanian: sever (ro)
• Russian: неумоли́мый (ru) (neumolímyj), непрекло́нный (ru) (nepreklónnyj), (merciless) беспоща́дный (ru) (bespoščádnyj), безжа́лостный (ru) (bezžálostnyj)
• Spanish: implacable (es), furioso (es)

unremitting, steady and persistent

• Czech: nepolevující, trvalý (cs) m, vytrvalý (cs) m, neochabujicí, neustálý (cs) m, nepřetržitý (cs) m, nekonečný (cs) m
• Dutch: voortdurend (nl)
• Finnish: periksiantamaton, sinnikäs (fi)
• French: tenace (fr)
• Irish: síorleanúnach
• Latin: inexōrābilis
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• Maori: āwai, papahueke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nådeløs

• Portuguese: inexorável (pt)
• Russian: упо́рный (ru) (upórnyj), неослабева́ющий (ru) (neoslabevájuščij)
• Spanish: inexorable (es) m, incansable (es) m