Vocabulary
Merciless
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
showing no mercy.
Urdu meaning
ظالم، بے رحم، سنگدل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Forced once more into yet another blocked gutter, George`s frail, half-dead body could endure no longer.This pit would be his last descent, his final humiliation at the hands of a merciless society.
Dawn Editorials —
The last pit
— 2025-10-04
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has called upon the people of Pakistan to extend moral and material support to end the `merciless` French colonial rule in the Maghreb.
Dawn Editorials —
Seventy-five years ago Karachi Quixotes
— 2025-07-23
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It will be for posterity to give voice to her silent, merciless evaporation.
Dawn Editorials —
Wait for it
— 2025-06-12
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Looking ahead, it appears that the Palestinian people will again be left defenceless in the face of merciless brutality.
Dawn Editorials —
Genocide resumes
— 2025-03-19
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However, it must be asked why the well-armed and organised rebels chose to strike the Syrian government at a time when the Palestinian people are suffering merciless violence at the hands of Israel.
Dawn Editorials —
Syria offensive
— 2024-12-02
Synonyms
ruthless, remorseless, pitiless, unmerciful, unforgiving, uncharitable, unsparing, unpitying
Antonyms
merciful, compassionate
Curator example
“a merciless attack with a blunt instrument”
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