unrelenting

English

Etymology

un- +‎ relenting

Adjective

unrelenting (comparative more unrelenting, superlative most unrelenting)

1. Not relenting; not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.

   Synonyms: unyielding, brutal, hard, harsh, stern, cruel

   • 1908, Randall, James Ryder, “There’s Life in the Old Land Yet”, in Maryland, my Maryland, and other poems, Baltimore, Md.; New York: John Murphy Company, page 23:

     There’s faith in their unrelenting woes, / There’s Life in the Old Land yet!

2. Having no pity; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful

Synonyms

• relentless

Related terms

• relent
• unrelentingly
• unrelentingness

Translations

not relenting

• Bulgarian: непримирим (bg) (neprimirim)
• Catalan: despietat (ca), implacable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不松懈的

• Dutch: meedogenloos (nl)
• Finnish: armoton (fi), heltymätön, leppymätön (fi)
• French: implacable (fr), impitoyable (fr)
• Georgian: ულმობელი (ulmobeli)
• Indonesian: tidak berampun
• Italian: spietato (it), implacabile (it)
• Maori: papahueke
• Portuguese: implacável (pt), rigoroso (pt) m, severo (pt) m

References

• unrelenting in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• unrelenting in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913