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Meanings of
unforgiving
in English
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
stern
grim
relentless
inexorable
unrelenting
unappeasable
Related terms
implacable
Unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy.
forgiving
Related terms
vindictive
vengeful
revengeful
Synonyms
Examples for "
stern
"
stern
grim
relentless
inexorable
unrelenting
Examples for "
stern
"
1
A
stern
-
looking
Medvedev replied: Identify those involved in committing this heinous crime.
2
Instead he had chosen exhausting labor and
stern
self-denial in the wilds.
3
I sat in the
stern
of the barge to tend the drag-rope.
4
McGee himself sat in the
stern
of the boat, paddle in hand.
5
He missed the house, and landed in the
stern
of the scow.
1
It is possible the situation is less
grim
than it currently appears.
2
The Baghdad I left behind five years ago was a
grim
place.
3
Scotland's chief medical officer had another
grim
message for the public today.
4
They bring the
grim
reality of male violence into our living rooms.
5
This was the actual, and often quite
grim
,
reality of the frontier.
1
The American quest for peace today takes the shape of
relentless
war.
2
Perhaps only someone with his
relentless
focus could have come this far.
3
Thank you for your
relentless
efforts to bring Laura and Euna home.
4
But the
relentless
competition from Asia continues to challenge Paris's traditional hotels.
5
But so far the sector has continued on a
relentless
upward path.
1
The Englishman, in particular, wished to remain; but our host was
inexorable
.
2
You are refined in your wickedness; you are
inexorable
in your hate.
3
And it is also part of the
inexorable
process of language change.
4
We cannot escape the evils of life; they are inevitable and
inexorable
.
5
Truth's slow but it's
inexorable
and it does have a great power.
1
DON'T PANIC:Stocks have been pounded of late, with Tuesday's selling particularly
unrelenting
.
2
These changes have occurred because of
unrelenting
research in the medical sciences.
3
Quite a bit of the criticism is sexist and unfair and
unrelenting
.
4
The fierce and lawless shall assume the figure of the
unrelenting
wolf.
5
It seems that we're in for 43 minutes of
unrelenting
rock action.
1
The aspirations and desires of the human heart are infinite and
unappeasable
.
2
Tedge felt the glow of an
unappeasable
anger mount to his temples.
3
Bessie fumed, and for a couple of hours the quarrel was
unappeasable
.
4
What, then, shall fill the crying and
unappeasable
void of our souls?
5
He could not comprehend the deep and
unappeasable
passions that rent the Nation.
Usage of
unforgiving
in English
1
Pagel said the rule as it was originally written was too
unforgiving
.
2
Dangers were plentiful and often
unforgiving
,
but he understood and accepted them.
3
I may be
unforgiving
,
but I can't work a grudge that long.
4
The stress when you don't forgive An
unforgiving
spirit stresses the body.
5
Joe Hart has just discovered what an
unforgiving
business elite football is.
6
The pressures of film-making can reveal character in a very
unforgiving
way.
7
He is an absence of light in a cold and
unforgiving
room.
8
The spectators'
unforgiving
hard benches in the
unforgiving
open sun was one.
9
Judging by this difficult and
unforgiving
book, that would be a diminishment.
10
Politics is one of the fiercest, most
unforgiving
industries in the world.
11
The reaction to Christie's demeanor was swift and
unforgiving
on social media.
12
He knew only too well just how
unforgiving
that wilderness could be.
13
A Group One race over one mile of the Curragh's
unforgiving
plain.
14
He was solitary and wretched because he had been harsh and
unforgiving
.
15
Still, it was Trump's day to be in the market's
unforgiving
glare.
16
And a more
unforgiving
face than yours I never set eyes on.
Other examples for "unforgiving"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
unforgiving
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most unforgiving
very unforgiving
as unforgiving
so unforgiving
unforgiving light
More collocations
Unforgiving
through the time
Unforgiving
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common