unforgivingness
Refusing to pardon
Unforgivingness is the quality of being unwilling or unable to forgive.
It describes a persistent refusal to let go of resentment or grant pardon for offenses: Her unforgivingness toward her ex-husband poisoned every family gathering.
The word emphasizes the ongoing state rather than a single act of withholding forgiveness.
Viciously competitive or murderous
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
inhuman · vicious · ferocious · merciless · barbarous · bloodthirsty · sadistic · cruel
Strict or ship's aft
- coldLow temperature state
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- unsympatheticWithout pity or understanding
uncharitable · unmerciful · vindictive · grim · hard · stark · inhospitable · austere
Unable to bend
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obdurateStubbornly refusing to change
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
adamant · implacable · uncompromising · unbending · immovable · inexorable · unrelenting · unappeasable
Lacking empathy or kindness
- stonyheartedLacking sympathy or pity
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- uncompassionateWithout sympathy or mercy
insensitive · hardened · indurate · remorseless · unfeeling · unpitying · bitter · resentful
cutthroat
Viciously competitive or murderous
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
savage · inhuman · vicious · ferocious · merciless · barbarous · bloodthirsty · sadistic · cruel · unsparing
stern
Strict or ship's aft
unsympathetic · uncharitable · unmerciful · vindictive · grim · hard · stark · inhospitable · austere · punitive
rigid
Unable to bend
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obdurateStubbornly refusing to change
- stubbornRefusing to change course
unyielding · adamant · implacable · uncompromising · unbending · immovable · inexorable · unrelenting · unappeasable · implacability
coldhearted
Lacking empathy or kindness
- stonyheartedLacking sympathy or pity
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
uncompassionate · insensitive · hardened · indurate · remorseless · unfeeling · unpitying · bitter · resentful · grudging
unforgivingnessforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
mercy · pardon · clemency · absolution · grace
unforgivingnesscompassion
Concern for others' distress
tenderness · warmheartedness · softheartedness · benevolence · kindheartedness
forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, forgiven, unforgiving, forgivable, unforgiven, unforgivably, unforgiveness