relentless | ||
1. | [ adjective ] not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | |
Synonyms: | grim stern inexorable unforgiving unrelenting unappeasable | |
Examples: | "grim determination" "grim necessity" "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty" "relentless persecution" "the stern demands of parenthood |
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Related terms: | implacable | |
2. | [ adjective ] never-ceasing | |
Synonyms: | persistent unrelenting | |
Examples: | "the relentless beat of the drums" |
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Related terms: | continual | |
Similar spelling: |
relentlessly |