unpitying

Showing no mercy

Unpitying means showing no pity or compassion—merciless, unrelenting.

It describes a person, force, or judgment that offers no sympathy regardless of suffering: an unpitying stare, the unpitying logic of the market.

The word carries a cold, implacable quality—not necessarily cruel, but utterly unmoved by appeals for mercy.

hardhearted

merciless

Showing no clemency

heartlessLacking pity or mercy
callousCruelly insensitive to others
remorselessLacking guilt or pity

unfeeling · uncompassionate · unsympathetic · coldhearted · hardhearted · stonyhearted · cruel · inhumane · unmerciful · unsparing

unyielding

unrelenting

Refusing to let up

implacableIncapable of being pacified
unforgivingShowing no leniency
relentlessContinuing without pause

inexorable · adamant · inflexible · unbending · rigid · stern · uncompromising · obdurate · intransigent · firm

austere

strict

Rigorous, without flexibility

severeExtremely harsh or strict
harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
sternStrict or ship's aft

grave · sober · grim · dour · forbidding · formidable · steely · stoic · impassive · unsmiling

Opposites

emotional response to suffering

unpityingpitying

Feeling sorrow for another

compassionate · merciful · sympathetic · tender-hearted · soft-hearted

Family

pity, pitiful, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitilessly, piteously, pitilessness, pitiably

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG