Synonyms of pitiless

pitiless

adjective

ˈpi-ti-ləs 

as in ruthless

having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings

gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruthless
• merciless
• stony
• hard
• oppressive
• remorseless
• brutal
• heartless
• cruel
• callous
• harsh
• unmerciful
• abusive
• inhuman
• hateful
• compassionless
• unsparing
• vicious
• malicious
• inhumane
• soulless
• unfeeling
• obdurate
• tough
• stern
• hard-hearted
• unsympathetic
• insensitive
• insensate
• grim
• affectless
• uncharitable
• take-no-prisoners
• cold-blooded
• indurate
• case-hardened
• slash-and-burn
• savage
• thick-skinned
• stoney
• severe
• pachydermatous
• hard-boiled
• desensitized
• uncaring
• thoughtless
• ironhearted
• unthinking
• mean
• heedless
• rough
• ungentle
• stonyhearted
• unfriendly
• boorish
• inconsiderate
• spiteful
• malevolent
• unloving
• virulent
• disagreeable
• cold
• barbarous
• bestial
• rough-and-tumble
• brutish
• surly
• heavy-handed
• acrimonious
• hard-bitten
• ill-tempered
• ill-natured
• jackbooted
• ironfisted
• rancorous
• sledgehammer
• ironhanded
• evil-minded
• austere
• knock-down-and-drag-out
• frosty
• knock-down, drag-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathetic
• warm
• merciful
• sensitive
• humane
• compassionate
• charitable
• gentle
• benevolent
• kindly
• kind
• mild
• tender
• lenient
• indulgent
• friendly
• softhearted
• kindhearted
• gracious
• warmhearted
• benignant
• tenderhearted
• cordial
• loving
• tolerant
• affectionate
• good-natured
• understanding
• clement
• good-tempered
• fond

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pitiless

From a spring celebration of bare survival after pitiless hardships, Thanksgiving has evolved to its present proportions, with a football game in every stadium and millions of family parties, starting with fruit cocktail and concluding with fruit, cheese, coffee, cordial and cigars. —Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024

This fall, a 16-foot-tall pigeon — its chest puffed out proudly, head high, not down pecking at some errant pizza crust, its pitiless red-eye gaze looking out over the traffic — will alight on the spur of the High Line that bridges Tenth Avenue at 30th Street. —Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024

Drugged, kidnapped, and manacled while a pitiless killer wears her face. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 July 2024

Palomas are sweet and tart and bright and preternaturally refreshing, a worthy match for the pitiless heat of the Mexican summer, and deployed in great numbers whenever a little reprieve is in order. —Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024