without pity
Showing no compassion
Without pity means showing no mercy or compassion, being utterly unmoved by suffering.
It describes actions or attitudes that are harsh, relentless, or cruel: The critic dismantled the novel without pity.
The disease attacked without pity.
Often carries connotations of cold efficiency or deliberate ruthlessness.
Lacking guilt or pity
- unsparingShowing no leniency
- unmercifulLacking compassion or leniency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- relentlessContinuing without pause
implacable · brutal · savage · cruel · heartless · cold-blooded · cutthroat · vicious
Without compassion or emotion
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- unsympatheticWithout pity or understanding
inhumane · inhuman · heartless · cold-hearted · stony-hearted · thick-skinned · indurate · uncompassionate
Free from emotional involvement
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- emotionlessLacking any sentiment
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
stoic · aloof · detached · impersonal · clinical · matter-of-fact · businesslike · objective
remorseless
Lacking guilt or pity
- unsparingShowing no leniency
- unmercifulLacking compassion or leniency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
relentless · implacable · brutal · savage · cruel · heartless · cold-blooded · cutthroat · vicious · barbarous
unfeeling
Without compassion or emotion
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
unsympathetic · inhumane · inhuman · heartless · cold-hearted · stony-hearted · thick-skinned · indurate · uncompassionate · uncharitable
dispassionate
Free from emotional involvement
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- emotionlessLacking any sentiment
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
impassive · stoic · aloof · detached · impersonal · clinical · matter-of-fact · businesslike · objective · cool
without pitymercifully
With compassion or relief
compassionately · kindly · gently · sympathetically · tenderly
without pityleniently
With tolerance, not severity
forgivingly · sparingly · indulgently · tolerantly · clemently
pity, pitiful, pitifully, pitiless, pitilessly, piteous, piteously, pitiable, pitiably