Synonyms
- affectless
- callous
- case-hardened
- cold-blooded
- compassionless
- desensitized
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- indurate
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensate
- insensitive
- ironhearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pachydermatous
- remorseless
- ruthless
- slash-and-burn
- soulless
- stony
- stoney
- stonyhearted
- take-no-prisoners
- thick-skinned
- uncharitable
- unfeeling
- unmerciful
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
Examples of pitiless in a Sentence
The soldiers were pitiless toward their enemy.
gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking
Recent Examples on the Web
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Liz Raiss, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
In this pitiless post-war zone, victims victimize others to their mutual detriment.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 May 2024
Notably, the most prominent object on that nightstand isn’t a book but an iPhone, whose alarm goes off at 5:50 A.M., jolting Angela out of a few hours’ slumber and into the pitiless glare of a new day.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
Especially among the famous and those slouching toward fame’s pitiless spotlight.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
His family and allies have otherwise been annihilated by a rival aristocratic house called the Harkonnens, a hairless, pitiless cadre of fascists.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
William, however, still bears the scars of the pitiless coverage of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, which ended with her death in a car accident in Paris in 1997, pursued by the paparazzi.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
That unlucky sojourner happens to be the one person here that otherwise pitiless Adem cannot bear losing.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
No one can walk the bridge without respect, holding on carefully
to the ropes on either side,
aware of the beauty
and the depths and rocks,
the pitiless desert all around.
—Ben Okri, The New York Review of Books, 18 Jan. 2024
Liz Raiss, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
In this pitiless post-war zone, victims victimize others to their mutual detriment.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 May 2024
Notably, the most prominent object on that nightstand isn’t a book but an iPhone, whose alarm goes off at 5:50 A.M., jolting Angela out of a few hours’ slumber and into the pitiless glare of a new day.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
Especially among the famous and those slouching toward fame’s pitiless spotlight.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
His family and allies have otherwise been annihilated by a rival aristocratic house called the Harkonnens, a hairless, pitiless cadre of fascists.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
William, however, still bears the scars of the pitiless coverage of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, which ended with her death in a car accident in Paris in 1997, pursued by the paparazzi.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
That unlucky sojourner happens to be the one person here that otherwise pitiless Adem cannot bear losing.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
No one can walk the bridge without respect, holding on carefully
to the ropes on either side,
aware of the beauty
and the depths and rocks,
the pitiless desert all around.
—Ben Okri, The New York Review of Books, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Pitiless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitiless. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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pitiless
adjective
piti·less
ˈpit-i-ləs 
ˈpit-ᵊl-əs
pitilessly
adverb
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