AskDefine | Define unforgiving

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unforgiving adj
1 unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly unforgiving old woman" [ant: forgiving]
2 not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unrelenting]
3 harsh and severe; "I hope I'm not being uncharitable but he really is a bore"; "unjust and uncharitable criticism" [syn: uncharitable]

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Adjective

  1. Not forgiving

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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

bowelless, cruel, dog-eat-dog, flinty, hard, harsh, heartless, inclement, inexorable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unmerciful, unpitiful, unpitying, unremorseful, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, unyielding, without mercy
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