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- pronunciation:
- rih
lent
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
without mercy or compassion; unyielding or stern.
The relentless army stormed through the towns and villages.The tyrant was relentless in his persecutions of innocent people.- synonyms:
- harsh, inexorable, inflexible, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, rigid, severe, unrelenting
- similar words:
- cruel, rigorous, ruthless, stern, stiff, strict, uncompromising, unyielding
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| definition 2: |
without stopping or slackening; persistent or unremitting.
The rain was relentless for the entire holiday.The relentless bombings continued into the night.- synonyms:
- dogged, persistent, unmitigated, unremitting
- similar words:
- constant, inexorable, persevering, stubborn, unceasing, unrelenting, unrelieved
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| related words: |
ceaseless, eternal, grueling, heartless, incessant, inflexible, inhuman, merciless, nonstop, persistent, savage, steady |
adverb + (adj.)relentless
seemingly
(adj.)relentless
+ noun
advance,
advertising,
advocacy,
advocate,
assault,
attack,
barrage,
beat,
bombardment,
bombing,
bullying,
campaign,
campaigning,
cheer,
coalition,
competition,
competitiveness,
confusion,
consolidation,
coverage,
critic,
criticism,
crusade,
curiosity,
cycle,
decline,
dedication,
defense,
demand,
destruction,
detective,
determination,
drive,
drought,
drumbeat,
dust,
efficiency,
effort,
enemy,
erosion,
ethic,
excellence,
expansion,
exposure,
fighting,
flow,
focus,
foe,
fury,
gaze,
glare,
globalization,
grip,
guerrilla,
harassment,
heat,
honesty,
hunting,
increase,
innovation,
insistence,
interrogation,
logic,
march,
marketing,
media,
misery,
mosquito,
offense,
onslaught,
optimism,
pace,
passage,
perfection,
pitch,
pounding,
preparation,
pressure,
progress,
promotion,
prosecution,
protest,
pursuer,
pursuit,
push,
quest,
questioning,
rain,
rhythm,
rise,
schedule,
scrutiny,
search,
shelling,
spending,
sprawl,
spread,
storm,
stream,
struggle,
suffering,
sun,
survival,
talent,
teasing,
thinness,
tide,
touring,
wave,
wind
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| derivations: |
relentlessly (adv.), relentlessness (n.) |
The word relentless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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