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unforgiving has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is forgiving.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy
“a surly unforgiving old woman”
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
“grim determination”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for unforgiving come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.