relentlessness

noun

1
as in severity

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2
as in inexorability

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Recent Examples of relentlessness It’s centered on Bryant’s pillars of passion, obsession, relentlessness, resilience and fearlessness, core traits that Bowman used to persevere and conquer. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 He’s taken over team prayers, inspired his teammates with his relentlessness and dispensed wisdom that can only come from life experience. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026 The relentlessness of this worldwide bond market rout is unnerving, pushing yields to decently attractive levels. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 The traits that can help build great companies, like perfectionism, relentlessness and high tolerance for risk, are often the same traits that can predispose leaders to burnout, addiction and other mental health conditions. — Jan Gerber, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Slight, lightning quick and with mesmerizing ballhanding, Iverson attacked defenses on the perimeter and in the paint with equal parts of fearlessness and relentlessness, guile and gumption. — Rob Peterson, New York Times, 26 July 2026 The same relentlessness that built Ackman’s reputation as a scourge of corporate excess—and, to critics, a bully spoiling for a fight—has increasingly spilled beyond balance sheets and boardrooms. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026 Errors of execution and discipline forced by the relentlessness of a French team stripped of many of its leading players meant New Zealand was unable to secure its win until the final minutes. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 The film has a propulsive rhythm to it, a relentlessness, even as Wilde and editors Yorgos Mavropsaridis and Anthony Boys know when to ease off the throttle and take it easy for a bit. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentlessness
  1. severity
  2. inexorability
  3. sternness
  4. likelihood
  5. vehemence
  6. gruffness
  7. hostility
  8. harshness
Noun
  • The severity of reactions can vary widely, ranging from mild symptoms to potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Kidney Disease Can Disrupt the Balance Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can disrupt the balance of magnesium in the blood, depending on the severity.
    — MD Published, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of severity
Noun
  • The events set in motion at the end of Season 2 do flip the boulder that starts to roll down the hill, and there is the sense of inexorability.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 June 2026
  • These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time.
    — Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Definition of inexorability
Noun
  • Saura had a large sense of the humor, which struck those who got to know him, belying the sternness of his public visage with his playful banter and frequent chuckle.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of sternness
Noun
  • Clinicians assigned to see interval likelihood ratios made a correct call 93 out of 100 times, while those seeing a single cutoff got it right 82 times out of 100.
    — Amiran Baduashvili, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Traders priced in a more than 78% likelihood that the central bank keeps rates unchanged at its policy meeting later this month, according to CME's FedWatch tool.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of likelihood
Noun
  • Less than a minute later, Kerr found a new level of vehemence after the Clippers’ John Collins wasn’t called for goaltending on a shot by Gary Payton II.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Such vehemence looked awkward just a few hours later, when The Athletic broke the news that, on December 20, Barca would actually be visiting Villarreal’s Estadio de la Ceramica after all.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of vehemence
Noun
  • Mackay and Turner are both excellent, two movie stars who seem totally game to be asked to move with real gruffness.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
  • But then Popper smiled and the arrival of opening day momentarily mellowed his gruffness.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of gruffness
Noun
  • When a quarrel over an inheritance revives old hostilities, their relationship comes under pressure from greed and treachery in a conflict not of their making.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Grynkewich's remarks had followed a tense weekend between Russia and Ukraine, with Moscow launching fresh strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure despite diplomatic efforts to reduce hostilities.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • Even then, their triumph is far from assured; the climb becomes more unreal in its harshness.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Pool/Tim Graham Picture Library/Getty Images Grief, loneliness, and the harshness of Eton’s education put Harry to the test.
    — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of harshness

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“Relentlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentlessness. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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