relentless

re·lent·less

adj \-ləs\

Definition of RELENTLESS

: showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace : unrelenting <relentless pressure> <a relentless campaign>

— re·lent·less·ly adverb

— re·lent·less·ness noun

Examples of RELENTLESS

1. Her relentless optimism held the team together.
2. The hunter was relentless in pursuit of his prey.
3. a relentless opponent of deregulation

First Known Use of RELENTLESS

circa 1592

Related to RELENTLESS

Synonyms: determined, dogged, grim, implacable, unyielding, unappeasable, unflinching, unrelenting

Related Words: persevering, persistent, tenacious; hard, hardheaded, headstrong, intractable, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, uncooperative, willful (or wilful); merciless, ruthless, unforgiving

Near Antonyms: slackening, softening, yielding; impotent, invertebrate, slack, spineless, weak; complaisant, obliging, pliable, pliant

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