pitilessly
Showing no compassion
Pitilessly means without pity or mercy, showing no compassion for suffering.
It describes actions or behaviors that are harsh and unrelenting: The sun beat down pitilessly on the desert travelers.
She criticized his work pitilessly.
The word emphasizes not just cruelty but the absence of any softening impulse.
Without pity or restraint
- ruthlesslyWithout pity or compassion
- heartlesslyWithout empathy or care
- cruellyIn a harsh, pitiless manner
- brutallyIn a cruel manner
savagely · inhumanely · callously · coldly · harshly · unfeelingly · remorselessly · sadistically
Without yielding or softening
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
- inexorablyWithout possibility of stopping
- unremittinglyWithout stopping or easing
- implacablyWithout capacity for appeasement
persistently · unceasingly · incessantly · endlessly · continuously · doggedly · tenaciously · unwaveringly
Without emotional warmth
- uncaringlyWithout showing concern
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
- dispassionatelyWithout emotional involvement
- emotionlesslyWithout displaying feelings
stoically · detachedly · impassively · unresponsively · blankly · numbly · coolly · distantly
In severe manner
- sternlyIn a severe manner
- severelyIn a harsh manner
- strictlyWithout any flexibility
- rigidlyIn an unyielding manner
austerely · unforgivingly · uncompromisingly · unsparingly · stringently · rigorously · exactingly · demandingly
mercilessly
Without pity or restraint
- ruthlesslyWithout pity or compassion
- heartlesslyWithout empathy or care
- cruellyIn a harsh, pitiless manner
brutally · savagely · inhumanely · callously · coldly · harshly · unfeelingly · remorselessly · sadistically · viciously
unrelentingly
Without yielding or softening
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
- inexorablyWithout possibility of stopping
- unremittinglyWithout stopping or easing
implacably · persistently · unceasingly · incessantly · endlessly · continuously · doggedly · tenaciously · unwaveringly · steadfastly
coldly
Without emotional warmth
- uncaringlyWithout showing concern
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
- dispassionatelyWithout emotional involvement
emotionlessly · stoically · detachedly · impassively · unresponsively · blankly · numbly · coolly · distantly · aloofly
harshly
In severe manner
rigidly · austerely · unforgivingly · uncompromisingly · unsparingly · stringently · rigorously · exactingly · demandingly · unbendingly
pitilesslymercifully
With compassion or relief
compassionately · kindly · humanely · benevolently · charitably