relentless
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re·lent·less
(rĭ-lĕnt′lĭs)adj.
1. Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting: relentless persecution.
2. Steady and persistent; unremitting: a relentless drumbeat.
re·lent′less·ly adv.
re·lent′less·ness n.
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relentless
(rɪˈlɛntlɪs)adj
1. (of an enemy, hostile attitude, etc) implacable; inflexible; inexorable
2. (of pace or intensity) sustained; unremitting
reˈlentlessly adv
reˈlentlessness n
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re•lent•less
(rɪˈlɛnt lɪs)adj.
unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting.
[1585–95]
re•lent′less•ly, adv.
re•lent′less•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | relentless - 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" implacable - incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" |
2. | relentless - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters" |
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relentless
adjective
1. merciless, hard, fierce, harsh, cruel, grim, ruthless, uncompromising, unstoppable, inflexible, unrelenting, unforgiving, inexorable, implacable, unyielding, remorseless, pitiless, undeviating He was the most relentless enemy I have ever known.
merciless yielding, forgiving, compassionate, submissive, merciful
merciless yielding, forgiving, compassionate, submissive, merciful
2. unremitting, sustained, punishing, persistent, unstoppable, unbroken, unrelenting, incessant, unabated, nonstop, unrelieved, unflagging, unfaltering The pressure now was relentless.
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relentless
adjective1. Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:
adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding.
Idiom: stubborn as a mule.
2. Existing or occurring without interruption or end:
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Translations
قاسٍ، عَديم الرأفَه
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ubarmhjertig
vægîarlaus
acımasızaman vermez
relentless
[rɪˈlentlɪs] ADJ1. (= heartless) [cruelty] → cruel, despiadado
2. (= persistent) [hard work] → incesante
with relentless severity → con implacable severidad
he is quite relentless about it → en esto se muestra totalmente implacable
with relentless severity → con implacable severidad
he is quite relentless about it → en esto se muestra totalmente implacable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
relentless
[rɪˈlɛntləs] adj (= continuous) [pressure] → implacable; [heat] → implacable; [rain] → continuel(le)
the relentless heat of the desert → la chaleur implacable du désert
the relentless heat of the desert → la chaleur implacable du désert
(= never giving up) [person, enemy, pursuit] → implacable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
relentless
adj
(= uncompromising) attitude, opposition, person → unnachgiebig; to be relentless in doing something → etw unnachgiebig tun; to be relentless in one’s efforts to do something → unnachgiebig in seinen Bemühungen sein, etw zu tun
(= unrelenting) pain, cold, growth → nicht nachlassend; search → unermüdlich; progress → unaufhaltsam; the relentless march of technology → der unaufhaltsame Fortschritt der Technik
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
relent
(rəˈlent) verb to become less severe or unkind; to agree after refusing at first. At first she wouldn't let them go to the cinema, but in the end she relented.
reˈlentless adjective without pity; not allowing anything to keep one from what one is doing or trying to do. The police fight a relentless battle against crime.
reˈlentlessly adverbreˈlentlessness noun
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