relentless

relentless
relentless 1590s, from RELENT (Cf. relent) + -LESS (Cf. -less). Related: Relentlessly; relentlessness.

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  • Relentless — may refer to:In music: * Relentless (Jackyl album) * Relentless (Jason Aldean album), an album by the country singer, Jason Aldean ** Relentless (Jason Aldean song), this album s title track * Relentless (Jo O Meara Album), pop Album by Singer Jo …   Wikipedia

  • Relentless — Re*lent less, a. Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. [1913 Webster] For this the avenging power… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Relentless 7 — Relentless Seven Relentless Seven ou Relentless7 est le nom du groupe de rock avec lequel Ben Harper joue depuis 2009. Sommaire 1 Origine 2 Musiciens 3 Discographie 3.1 Albums …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Relentless — est le 17e album studio d Yngwie Malmsteen, paru en novembre 2010. Composition du groupe Yngwie Malmsteen : guitare, basse Tim Ripper Owens : chant Patrick Johansson : batterie Nick Marino: claviers Liste des titres Overture… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • relentless — [adj1] cruel, merciless adamant, bound, bound and determined, dead set on*, determined, dogged, ferocious, fierce, go for broke*, grim, hang in*, hang tough*, hard, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, mortal, obdurate, pitiless,… …   New thesaurus

  • relentless — I adjective assiduous, bowel less, brutish, cold, cold blooded, cold hearted, continuous, cruel, determined, dictatorial, endless, hard, hard of heart, hardhearted, harsh, heedless, immisericors, impenitent, imperious, implacable, inclement,… …   Law dictionary

  • relentless — unrelenting, merciless, implacable, *grim Analogous words: inexorable, obdurate, adamant, *inflexible: strict, stringent, *rigid, rigorous: *fierce, ferocious, cruel, inhuman Contrasted words: *soft, lenient, mild, gentle: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • relentless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) oppressively constant. 2) harsh or inflexible. DERIVATIVES relentlessly adverb relentlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • relentless — [ri lent′lis] adj. 1. not relenting; harsh; pitiless 2. persistent; unremitting relentlessly adv. relentlessness n …   English World dictionary

  • relentless — 01. The company is [relentless] in its search for profits, and will obviously do whatever is necessary to make more money. 02. We must be [relentless] in our demands for a fair contract. 03. Boxer Jake LaMotta was known as a raging bull for his… …   Grammatical examples in English

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