Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remorseless

/ɹɪmˈɔɹsləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: re-morse-less
IPA: /ɹɪmˈɔɹsləs/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without remorse, mercy or pity.

adj

Unyielding or relentless.

Example Sentences

"She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was."

Etymology

Etymology tree English remorse Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English remorseless From remorse + -less.

Inflected Forms

more remorseless (comparative) most remorseless (superlative)

Derived Forms

remorselessly remorselessness unremorseless

Synonyms

merciless pitiless ruthless barbarous bowelless brutal compassionless cruel flagitious demonic despiteful diabolic

Antonyms

remorseful

Questions

How do you pronounce remorseless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪmˈɔɹsləs/.
What does remorseless mean?: Without remorse, mercy or pity.
Where does remorseless come from?: Etymology tree English remorse Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English remorseless From remorse + -less.

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