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Recent Examples of mercilessly
Gossip Girl centered around a group of wealthy high school students who are being terrorized by a mysterious and vicious blogger (who was voiced by Kristen Bell) who mercilessly spills all of their secrets.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
The crowd boos Glen so mercilessly.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Italy’s performance at World Cup 1978 and Euro 1980 on home soil was decent enough, but their sluggish form going into the tournament meant he was mercilessly mocked in the Italian press.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Both sides have been fighting mercilessly over Sudanese gold mines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Be Ruthless In Your Shoe Edit Shoes are notoriously bulky, but Jones recommends editing mercilessly.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Comedians mercilessly mocked their audiences, and audiences liked to punch back.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Even for someone used to covering for her daughter’s wrongdoings, Tracey is remarkably self-possessed as Laura pries mercilessly into her life and accuses Cherry of every crime under the sun.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Here, a beautiful beachfront feels mercilessly untouched.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
The crowd boos Glen so mercilessly.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Italy’s performance at World Cup 1978 and Euro 1980 on home soil was decent enough, but their sluggish form going into the tournament meant he was mercilessly mocked in the Italian press.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Both sides have been fighting mercilessly over Sudanese gold mines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Be Ruthless In Your Shoe Edit Shoes are notoriously bulky, but Jones recommends editing mercilessly.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Comedians mercilessly mocked their audiences, and audiences liked to punch back.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Even for someone used to covering for her daughter’s wrongdoings, Tracey is remarkably self-possessed as Laura pries mercilessly into her life and accuses Cherry of every crime under the sun.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Here, a beautiful beachfront feels mercilessly untouched.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercilessly
Adverb
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Audit your activities ruthlessly.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Much of this year’s online discourse has grown particularly toxic, as many WNBA fans ruthlessly tear down players in the name of their faves, with many of these players experiencing a torrent of online and verbal abuse.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There is a troubling suggestion of abuse, implying that Jack might have been ill-treated by his mom (and saved by Helen), rather than heartlessly abandoned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The director plays up the humor a lot more than Westlake’s callously cynical prose, for better or worse.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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But after the Sriracha-maker callously withheld payments from Underwood, the relationship deteriorated and litigation followed.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Nov. 2025
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Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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But those guards fell crashing down on Wednesday night in a brutally honest assessment of his team following Boise State’s (9-6, 1-3 Mountain West) 75-58 home loss to Grand Canyon (9-5, 2-1) at ExtraMile Arena.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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The result was over a century of catastrophe, not just for ordinary Europeans but also for the people of numerous African countries that were colonized, often brutally.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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After decades of obdurately refusing to entertain the idea of bestowing its computers with touch screens, rumor has it that Apple might finally offer this capability.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mercilessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercilessly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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