The antonyms for the word "merciful" are cold-hearted, cruel, harsh, heartless, inhumane, merciless, pitiless, and ruthless. These antonyms portray a lack of compassion and empathy towards others. A person who is not merciful is often unforgiving and unkind, showing no mercy in their actions, words, or behavior. Such people are often seen as arrogant, unfeeling, and insensitive, and their actions may cause harm to others or even put their lives in danger. In contrast, mercy is an essential aspect of human kindness and empathy, and it is through mercy that we can build more compassion and understanding towards others.

What are the antonyms for Merciful?

• adj.

  • all
  • merciless
  .
  • barbarous
  • brutish
  ,
  • in-humane
  ,
  • inhumane
  ,
  • more brutish
  ,
  • more wolfish
  ,
  • most brutish
  ,
  • most wolfish
  ,
  • un civil
  ,
  • un civilized
  ,
  • un couth
  ,
  • un cultured
  ,
  • un sophisticated
  ,
  • un-civil
  ,
  • un-civilized
  ,
  • un-couth
  ,
  • un-cultured
  ,
  • wolfish
  .
  • bitter, nasty (weather)
  • inclement
  .
  • callous
  • Casehardened
  ,
  • blind to
  ,
  • case hardened
  ,
  • case-hardened
  ,
  • deaf to
  ,
  • hard bitten
  ,
  • hard boiled
  ,
  • hardbitten
  ,
  • hardboiled
  ,
  • in different
  ,
  • in flexible
  ,
  • in sensate
  ,
  • in sensible
  ,
  • in sensitive
  ,
  • in-different
  ,
  • in-flexible
  ,
  • in-sensate
  ,
  • in-sensible
  ,
  • in-sensitive
  ,
  • in-sentient
  ,
  • more case hardened
  ,
  • more case-hardened
  ,
  • more casehardened
  ,
  • more indurated
  ,
  • more toughened
  ,
  • most case hardened
  ,
  • most case-hardened
  ,
  • most casehardened
  ,
  • most indurated
  ,
  • most inured
  ,
  • most toughened
  ,
  • thick skinned
  ,
  • thickskinned
  ,
  • un affected
  ,
  • un bending
  ,
  • un caring
  ,
  • un compassionate
  ,
  • un concerned
  ,
  • un feeling
  ,
  • un impressionable
  ,
  • un responsive
  ,
  • un susceptible
  ,
  • un-bending
  ,
  • un-caring
  ,
  • un-compassionate
  ,
  • un-concerned
  ,
  • un-impressionable
  ,
  • un-responsive
  ,
  • un-susceptible
  .
  • cold-blooded
  • Hard-hearted
  ,
  • Stony-hearted
  ,
  • cold blooded
  ,
  • coldblooded
  ,
  • dis passionate
  ,
  • dis-passionate
  ,
  • hard hearted
  ,
  • inhuman
  ,
  • matter of fact
  ,
  • matter-of-fact
  ,
  • more hard hearted
  ,
  • more hard-hearted
  ,
  • more stony hearted
  ,
  • more stony-hearted
  ,
  • most hard hearted
  ,
  • most hard-hearted
  ,
  • most inhuman
  ,
  • most stony hearted
  ,
  • most stony-hearted
  ,
  • steelier
  ,
  • steeliest
  ,
  • steely
  ,
  • stony hearted
  ,
  • un emotional
  ,
  • un-emotional
  ,
  • un-feeling
  ,
  • un-moved
  .
  • constant
  • in terminable
  ,
  • in-terminable
  ,
  • inter-minable
  ,
  • more persisting
  ,
  • non-stop
  ,
  • un ending
  ,
  • un interrupted
  ,
  • un remitting
  ,
  • un-ending
  ,
  • un-remitting
  .
  • crude, savage
  • barbarous
  .
  • cruel
  • de generate
  ,
  • de-generate
  ,
  • demoniac
  ,
  • in humane
  ,
  • monstrous
  ,
  • more demoniac
  ,
  • more evil
  ,
  • most demoniac
  ,
  • painful
  ,
  • re vengeful
  ,
  • re-vengeful
  ,
  • un kind
  ,
  • un kinder
  ,
  • un kindest
  ,
  • un natural
  ,
  • un-kind
  ,
  • un-kinder
  ,
  • un-kindest
  ,
  • un-natural
  ,
  • unmerciful
  .
  • cruel, heartless
  • cold-blooded
  .
  • cruel, insensitive
  • callous
  .
  • cruel, merciless
  • relentless
  .
  • cruel, perverted
  • sadistic
  .
  • cruel, pitiless
  • inexorable
  .
  • cruel, vicious
  • savage
  .
  • ferocious
  • fellest
  ,
  • more ravening
  ,
  • more tigerish
  ,
  • most ravening
  ,
  • most tigerish
  ,
  • ravening
  ,
  • tigerish
  ,
  • un tamed
  ,
  • un-restrained
  ,
  • un-tamed
  .
  • hard
  • Difficile
  ,
  • Toilful
  ,
  • de finite
  ,
  • de-finite
  ,
  • dis agreeable
  ,
  • dis-agreeable
  ,
  • ex acting
  ,
  • ex-acting
  ,
  • hard as nails
  ,
  • harder
  ,
  • in temperate
  ,
  • in tolerable
  ,
  • in-temperate
  ,
  • in-tolerable
  ,
  • more compacted
  ,
  • more compressed
  ,
  • more consolidated
  ,
  • more difficile
  ,
  • more indurate
  ,
  • more murder
  ,
  • more toilful
  ,
  • most compressed
  ,
  • most consolidated
  ,
  • most difficile
  ,
  • most indurate
  ,
  • most murder
  ,
  • most toilful
  ,
  • stern
  ,
  • un deniable
  ,
  • un just
  ,
  • un juster
  ,
  • un justest
  ,
  • un pleasant
  ,
  • un varnished
  ,
  • un-deniable
  ,
  • un-just
  ,
  • un-juster
  ,
  • un-justest
  ,
  • un-pleasant
  ,
  • un-varnished
  ,
  • up hill
  ,
  • up-hill
  ,
  • uphill battle
  .
  • hard-nosed/hardheaded
  • hard nosed
  ,
  • hard-nosed
  ,
  • hardheaded
  ,
  • hardnosed
  ,
  • head strong
  ,
  • head-strong
  ,
  • headstrong
  ,
  • in tractable
  ,
  • in-tractable
  ,
  • levelheaded
  ,
  • locked in
  ,
  • more hard nosed
  ,
  • more tough nut
  ,
  • more tough-nut
  ,
  • more toughnut
  ,
  • more unsentimental
  ,
  • most hardheaded
  ,
  • most tough nut
  ,
  • most tough-nut
  ,
  • most toughnut
  ,
  • most unsentimental
  ,
  • re solute
  ,
  • re-solute
  ,
  • tough nut
  ,
  • tough-nut
  ,
  • toughnut
  ,
  • un sentimental
  ,
  • un-sentimental
  ,
  • unsentimental
  .
  • harsh
  • dis courteous
  ,
  • dis-courteous
  ,
  • hard shell
  ,
  • hardshell
  ,
  • more cussed
  ,
  • most cussed
  ,
  • un gracious
  ,
  • un-gracious
  .
  • hateful, revengeful
  • vindictive
  .
  • heartless
  • cold hearted
  .
  • hostile, conflicting
  • irreconcilable
  .
  • implacable
  • ironfisted
  ,
  • more ironfisted
  ,
  • most ironfisted
  ,
  • remorseless
  ,
  • un appeasable
  ,
  • un compromising
  ,
  • un flinching
  ,
  • un-appeasable
  ,
  • un-compromising
  ,
  • un-flinching
  .
  • incessant
  • Interminate
  ,
  • day and night
  ,
  • day-and-night
  ,
  • in terminate
  ,
  • in-terminate
  ,
  • more unbroken
  ,
  • most day and night
  ,
  • most day-and-night
  ,
  • most unbroken
  ,
  • round the clock
  ,
  • un broken
  ,
  • un ceasing
  ,
  • un-broken
  .
  • inclement
  • in clement
  ,
  • in-clement
  .
  • inexorable
  • bound determined
  ,
  • dead set on
  ,
  • hell bent on
  ,
  • in escapable
  ,
  • in exorable
  ,
  • in-escapable
  ,
  • in-exorable
  ,
  • like death and taxes
  ,
  • like death taxes
  ,
  • no going back
  ,
  • set in stone
  ,
  • set stone
  ,
  • single minded
  ,
  • singleminded
  ,
  • un movable
  ,
  • un-movable
  .
  • inhuman
  • in human
  ,
  • in-human
  .
  • irreconcilable
  • diametrically opposed
  ,
  • dis sonant
  ,
  • dis-sonant
  ,
  • hard line
  ,
  • in compatible
  ,
  • in congruous
  ,
  • in consistent
  ,
  • in harmonious
  ,
  • in-compatible
  ,
  • in-congruous
  ,
  • in-consistent
  ,
  • in-harmonious
  ,
  • more clashing
  ,
  • most clashing
  ,
  • un friendlier
  ,
  • un friendliest
  ,
  • un-friendlier
  ,
  • un-friendliest
  ,
  • un-friendly
  .
  • kind, sparing
  • Ungiving
  ,
  • cruel
  ,
  • hard
  ,
  • harsh
  ,
  • hateful
  ,
  • mean
  ,
  • severe
  ,
  • uncompassionate
  ,
  • unforgiving
  ,
  • unkind
  ,
  • unsympathetic
  .
  • mean, heartless
  • ruthless
  .
  • merciless
  • Iron-fisted
  ,
  • having a killer instinct
  ,
  • having killer instinct
  ,
  • iron fisted
  ,
  • mean machine
  ,
  • more iron fisted
  ,
  • more iron-fisted
  ,
  • most iron fisted
  ,
  • most iron-fisted
  ,
  • un pitying
  ,
  • un-pitying
  ,
  • uncalledfor
  ,
  • unrelenting
  .
  • merciless, cruel
  • implacable
  .
  • never-ending, persistent
  • incessant
  .
  • neverending
  • constant
  .
  • noun
  • fierce
  ,
  • ungracious
  .
  • persistent
  • Perseverant
  ,
  • bulldogged
  ,
  • in for long haul
  ,
  • like bad penny
  ,
  • more bulldogged
  ,
  • more perseverant
  ,
  • most bulldogged
  ,
  • never ending
  ,
  • neverending
  ,
  • un-flagging
  ,
  • un-shakable
  .
  • relentless
  • go for broke
  ,
  • hang in
  ,
  • hang-tough
  ,
  • hangtough
  ,
  • more hang tough
  ,
  • more hang-tough
  ,
  • more hangtough
  ,
  • more unabated
  ,
  • more undeviating
  ,
  • more unstoppable
  ,
  • most hang tough
  ,
  • most hang-tough
  ,
  • most hangtough
  ,
  • most unabated
  ,
  • most undeviating
  ,
  • most unstoppable
  ,
  • stop at nothing
  ,
  • stop nothing
  ,
  • un abated
  ,
  • un deviating
  ,
  • un faltering
  ,
  • un relieved
  ,
  • un stoppable
  ,
  • un-abated
  ,
  • un-deviating
  ,
  • un-faltering
  ,
  • un-relieved
  ,
  • un-stoppable
  ,
  • unabated
  ,
  • undeviating
  ,
  • unstoppable
  .
  • rough
  • bearish
  ,
  • ill mannered
  ,
  • illmannered
  ,
  • in decorous
  ,
  • in delicate
  ,
  • in elegant
  ,
  • in-decorous
  ,
  • in-delicate
  ,
  • in-elegant
  ,
  • more bearish
  ,
  • more untutored
  ,
  • most bearish
  ,
  • most untutored
  ,
  • un cultivated
  ,
  • un mannerly
  ,
  • un polished
  ,
  • un refined
  ,
  • un tutored
  ,
  • un-ceremonious
  ,
  • un-cultivated
  ,
  • un-mannerly
  ,
  • un-refined
  ,
  • un-tutored
  ,
  • untutored
  .
  • rude, impolite
  • rough
  .
  • ruthless
  • more killer
  ,
  • most killer
  ,
  • without pity
  .
  • savage
  • Ferine
  ,
  • beastlier
  ,
  • beastliest
  ,
  • more ferine
  ,
  • most ferine
  .
  • steadfast, resolute
  • unyielding
  .
  • unforgiving
  • un charitable
  ,
  • un forgiving
  ,
  • un-charitable
  ,
  • un-forgiving
  .
  • unmerciful
  • un merciful
  ,
  • un-merciful
  .
  • unrelenting
  • Hard-headed
  ,
  • brick wall
  ,
  • brick-wall
  ,
  • brickwall
  ,
  • hard headed
  ,
  • more brick wall
  ,
  • more brick-wall
  ,
  • more brickwall
  ,
  • more hard headed
  ,
  • more hard-headed
  ,
  • more stiff necked
  ,
  • more stiff-necked
  ,
  • more stiffnecked
  ,
  • most brick wall
  ,
  • most brick-wall
  ,
  • most brickwall
  ,
  • most hard headed
  ,
  • most hard-headed
  ,
  • most stiff necked
  ,
  • most stiff-necked
  ,
  • most stiffnecked
  ,
  • stiff necked
  ,
  • stiff-necked
  ,
  • stiffnecked
  ,
  • un relenting
  ,
  • un wavering
  ,
  • un-relenting
  ,
  • un-wavering
  .
  • unsparing
  • Procrustean
  ,
  • more procrustean
  ,
  • more ungrudging
  ,
  • most giving
  ,
  • most procrustean
  ,
  • most ungrudging
  ,
  • pro fuse
  ,
  • pro-fuse
  ,
  • un grudging
  ,
  • un sparing
  ,
  • un-grudging
  ,
  • un-sparing
  ,
  • ungrudging
  .
  • unsympathetic
  • Half-hearted
  ,
  • anti pathetic
  ,
  • anti-pathetic
  ,
  • aversive
  ,
  • dis interested
  ,
  • dis-interested
  ,
  • half hearted
  ,
  • more aversive
  ,
  • most aversive
  ,
  • un congenial
  ,
  • un sympathetic
  ,
  • un-congenial
  ,
  • un-sympathetic
  .
  • unyielding
  • Impliable
  ,
  • hard core
  ,
  • more immalleable
  ,
  • more impliable
  ,
  • more unswayable
  ,
  • most immalleable
  ,
  • most impliable
  ,
  • most unswayable
  ,
  • un compliant
  ,
  • un swayable
  ,
  • un yielding
  ,
  • un-compliant
  ,
  • un-swayable
  ,
  • un-yielding
  .
  • vindictive
  • Wreakful
  ,
  • more avenging
  ,
  • more grudging
  ,
  • more retaliatory
  ,
  • more wreakful
  ,
  • most avenging
  ,
  • most grudging
  ,
  • most wreakful
  ,
  • retaliatory
  .
  • violent, barbaric
  • ferocious
  .
  • without feeling; cold
  • heartless
  .
  • without mercy or care
  • pitiless
  .

• Other relevant words:

• mortal
,
• strict
,
• unsparing
.

Usage examples for Merciful

Famous quotes with Merciful

• One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

  Maya Angelou
• Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them.

  Jose Bergaman
• I hope and trust the infinite, the eternal, and merciful and loving God. I worship Him and feel no guilt in my heart before him for what I am going to do.

  Alex Campbell
• When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.

  Chilon
• Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a God and if he is a loving and merciful God, how do you explain the problems of suffering and death and all the tragedies that happen to people?

  John Clayton

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