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Having no pity; merciless.
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- Not feeling or showing pity.
Having or showing no mercy; cruel; relentless; pitiless
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- Having or showing no mercy; cruel; relentless; pitiless
- Beyond what is proper or usual; excessive
- Exceeding a normal or reasonable limit; excessive:
- Having the characteristics of a tiger
Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
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- Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
- Having returned to an untamed state from domestication:
- Having returned to a wild condition
Untamed; feral.
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- Untamed; feral.
Extremely aggressive or violent:
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- Extremely aggressive or violent:
- Extremely powerful or destructive:
- Extreme in activity or feeling; intense:
Hardened against feeling; hardhearted:
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- Hardened against feeling; hardhearted:
- Not giving in readily; stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
- Not easily moved to pity or sympathy; hardhearted
Lacking feeling or emotion:
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- Lacking feeling or emotion:
- Having a body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded.
- Executed without feeling or emotion:
Unyielding; relentless.
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- Unyielding; relentless.
- Having no pity or compassion; merciless.
- Without remorse; pitiless; merciless; ruthless; cruel
Revengeful in spirit; inclined to seek vengeance
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- Revengeful in spirit; inclined to seek vengeance
- Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.
- Said or done in revenge; characterized by vengeance
Serving to exact vengeance:
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- Serving to exact vengeance:
- Arising from a desire for vengeance
- Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
- Vengeful
- Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
- Full of or given to revenge.
Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
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- Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
(Rare) That cannot be eased, lessened, or allayed
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- (Rare) That cannot be eased, lessened, or allayed
- Impossible to placate or appease:
Not willing or not able to forgive
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- Not willing or not able to forgive
- Not allowing for error or shortcomings, especially in being harsh:
- Allowing no room for adjustments or for errors or weakness; inflexible, exacting, harsh, etc.
Having a harmful influence:
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- Having a harmful influence:
- Wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious
Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
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- Unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- Lacking in feeling or compassion; pitiless and cold.
Lacking in shade; undiminished:
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- Lacking in shade; undiminished:
- Difficult to understand or impart:
- (Chemistry) Resistant to biodegradation:
So intense as to be almost uncontrollable:
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- So intense as to be almost uncontrollable:
- Having little appeal to the senses or feelings:
- Not affectionate or friendly; aloof:
Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
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- Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
- Ruined by defects, flaws, or errors; full of faults
- Severe, powerful, or intense; fierce:
- Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain of others.
Not domesticated or cultivated; wild:
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- Not domesticated or cultivated; wild:
- Without civilization; primitive; barbarous
- Cruel; pitiless
Like a brute; cruel and unfeeling; savage, violent, ruthless, etc.
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- Like a brute; cruel and unfeeling; savage, violent, ruthless, etc.
- Plain and direct, although distressing in effect
- Disagreeably precise or penetrating:
Causing, or of a kind to cause, pain, distress, etc.
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- Causing, or of a kind to cause, pain, distress, etc.
- Deliberately seeking to inflict pain and suffering; enjoying others' suffering; without mercy or pity
- Disposed to inflict pain or suffering:
(Comparable) Despotic, oppressive or authoritarian.
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- (Comparable) Despotic, oppressive or authoritarian.
- Characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic and oppressive:
- Harsh, cruel, unjust, oppressive, etc.
Steady and persistent; unremitting:
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- Steady and persistent; unremitting:
- Not relenting; harsh; pitiless
- Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting:
Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language.
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- Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language.
- Characterized by savagery; very cruel:
- Cruel; brutal
Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent:
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- Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent:
- Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
- Not having the qualities considered normal to or for human beings; unfeeling, heartless, cruel, barbarous, etc.
Having calluses; toughened:
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- Having calluses; toughened:
- Lacking, or showing a lack of, pity, mercy, etc.; unfeeling
- Emotionally hardened; unfeeling:
Dealing with unpleasant subjects; frightful; ghastly
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- Dealing with unpleasant subjects; frightful; ghastly
- Repellent or horrifying:
- Fierce; cruel; savage
Very bad, unpleasant, offensive, inferior, etc.
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- Very bad, unpleasant, offensive, inferior, etc.
- Very cruel, evil, brutal, etc.
- Extremely evil or cruel; monstrous:
(Obsolete) Flaming; blazing.
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- (Obsolete) Flaming; blazing.
- Glaringly bad; notorious; outrageous
- Conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible:
Unpleasant; disagreeable:
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- Unpleasant; disagreeable:
- Very bad:
- Extremely formidable:
Unequivocally detestable; loathsome:
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- Unequivocally detestable; loathsome:
- Nasty and disgusting; vile; loathsome
- Highly unpleasant; disagreeable; very bad
Having no regard for morality.
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- Having no regard for morality.
- Being well beyond the bounds of good taste:
- Extremely unusual or unconventional; extraordinary:
Impossible to stop, alter, or resist; inevitable:
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- Impossible to stop, alter, or resist; inevitable:
- Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless:
- That cannot be altered, checked, etc.
Of or like a fiend; devilish; inhumanly wicked or cruel
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- Of or like a fiend; devilish; inhumanly wicked or cruel
- Extremely wicked or cruel.
- Extremely bad, disagreeable, or difficult:
Burdensome or difficult to bear.
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- Burdensome or difficult to bear.
- Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
- Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
Characterized by violence or carnage:
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- Characterized by violence or carnage:
- Eager to cause or see the shedding of blood.
- Eager to hurt or kill; murderous; very cruel
Secreting and transmitting venom:
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- Secreting and transmitting venom:
- Malicious; spiteful:
- Full of or containing venom:
- Vexing, humiliating
- Chafing; very annoying; irritating; vexing
- Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing:
Alternative form of dog eat dog.
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- Alternative form of dog eat dog.
- (Idiomatic) Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.
- Characterized by ruthless or savage competition
merciful
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forgiving
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compassionate
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kind
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helpful
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cruel
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cruel
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Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
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- Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking principles or conscience.
- Not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous:
- Not guided or restrained by conscience; unscrupulous
- Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.
- Not in accordance with the moral standards customarily followed in a business or professional relationship. See also conflict of interest and Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Not in accordance with the moral standards customarily followed in a business or professional relationship. See also conflict of interest and Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Not scrupulous; not restrained by ideas of right and wrong; unprincipled
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honest
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