RELENTLESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does relentless mean? • RELENTLESS (adjective)
The adjective RELENTLESS has 2 senses:
1. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
2. never-ceasing
Familiarity information: RELENTLESS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RELENTLESS (adjective)
Meaning:
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Synonyms:
unappeasable; relentless; inexorable; grim; unrelenting; stern; unforgiving
Context examples:
grim determination / grim necessity / Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty / relentless persecution / the stern demands of parenthood
Similar:
implacable (incapable of being placated)
Meaning:
Never-ceasing
Synonyms:
persistent; relentless; unrelenting
Context example:
the relentless beat of the drums
Similar:
continual (seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series)
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