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PITILESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitilessness mean? 

PITILESSNESS (noun)
  The noun PITILESSNESS has 2 senses:

1. feelings of extreme heartlessnessplay

2. mercilessness characterized by a lack of pityplay

  Familiarity information: PITILESSNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITILESSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Feelings of extreme heartlessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

cruelty; mercilessness; pitilessness; ruthlessness

Hypernyms ("pitilessness" is a kind of...):

coldheartedness; hardheartedness; heartlessness (an absence of concern for the welfare of others)

Derivation:

pitiless (deficient in humane and kindly feelings)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

pitilessness; ruthlessness

Hypernyms ("pitilessness" is a kind of...):

mercilessness; unmercifulness (inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving)

Derivation:

pitiless (deficient in humane and kindly feelings)

pitiless (without mercy or pity)


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