unpitying

1. 1.

   without mercy or pity

   “an act of ruthless ferocity”

   “a monster of remorseless cruelty”

   Synonymspitilessremorselessruthless

   Similarmerciless

Questions about unpitying

What does unpitying mean?

unpitying means "without mercy or pity".

How many syllables are in unpitying?

unpitying has 3 syllables: un-pi-tying. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unpitying?

Close synonyms include pitiless, remorseless, ruthless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unpitying a common word?

unpitying is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.