"relentless" meaning in English

See relentless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈlɛntləs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relentless.wav Forms: more relentless [comparative], most relentless [superlative]
Etymology: From relent + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|relent|less}} relent + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} relentless (comparative more relentless, superlative most relentless)
  1. Unrelenting or unyielding in severity. Translations (unrelenting or unyielding in severity): عَدِيم الشَّفَقَة (ʕadīm aš-šafaqa) (Arabic), قَاسٍ (qāsin) (Arabic), неумоли́м (neumolím) (Bulgarian), непрекло́нен (nepreklónen) (Bulgarian), implacable (Catalan), 永無止境 (Chinese Mandarin), 永无止境 (yǒngwúzhǐjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), neúprosný (Czech), nelítostný (Czech), nemilosrdný (Czech), nesmiřitelný (Czech), meedogenloos (Dutch), leppymätön (Finnish), säälimätön (Finnish), heltymätön (Finnish), implacable (French), impitoyable (French), დაუცხრომელი (daucxromeli) (Georgian), დაუღალავი (dauɣalavi) (Georgian), ულმობელი (ulmobeli) (Georgian), unnachgiebig (German), unbarmherzig (German), unnachsichtig (German), unerbittlich (German), gan staonadh (Irish), implacabile (Italian), papahueke (Maori), nieubłagany (Polish), nieugięty (Polish), nieustępliwy (Polish), implacável (Portuguese), sever (Romanian), неумоли́мый (neumolímyj) (Russian), непрекло́нный (nepreklónnyj) (Russian), беспоща́дный (bespoščádnyj) (english: merciless) (Russian), безжа́лостный (bezžálostnyj) (Russian), implacable (Spanish), furioso (Spanish), non relenteciente (Spanish), despiadado (Spanish), безжа́лісний (bezžálisnyj) (Ukrainian), безжа́льний (bezžálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-relentless-en-adj-Qdryr~4H Disambiguation of 'unrelenting or unyielding in severity': 88 12
  2. Unremitting, steady and persistent. Translations (unremitting, steady and persistent): неотсла́бващ (neotslábvašt) (Bulgarian), inexorable (Catalan), nepolevující (Czech), trvalý [masculine] (Czech), vytrvalý [masculine] (Czech), neochabujicí (Czech), neustálý [masculine] (Czech), nepřetržitý [masculine] (Czech), nekonečný [masculine] (Czech), voortdurend (Dutch), periksiantamaton (Finnish), sinnikäs (Finnish), tenace (French), unablässig (German), unermüdlich (German), síorleanúnach (Irish), tenace (Italian), inexōrābilis (Latin), āwai (Maori), papahueke (Maori), nådeløs (Norwegian Bokmål), bezustanny (Polish), inexorável (Portuguese), упо́рный (upórnyj) (Russian), неослабева́ющий (neoslabevájuščij) (Russian), inexorable (Spanish), incansable (Spanish), implacable (Spanish), incesante (Spanish), non relenteciente (Spanish), невпи́нний (nevpýnnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-relentless-en-adj-Pnyj6nW- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of 'unremitting, steady and persistent': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: obstinate, steady, strong, powerful Derived forms: relentlessness Related terms: indomitable, inevitable, tireless
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vytrvalý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "neochabujicí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neustálý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nepřetržitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nekonečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "voortdurend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "periksiantamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "sinnikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "tenace"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "unablässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "unermüdlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "síorleanúnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "tenace"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "inexōrābilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "āwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "papahueke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "nådeløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "bezustanny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "inexorável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upórnyj",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "упо́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neoslabevájuščij",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "неослабева́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "inexorable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "incansable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "implacable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "incesante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "non relenteciente"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevpýnnyj",
      "sense": "unremitting, steady and persistent",
      "word": "невпи́нний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "relentless"
}

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