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unrelenting

unrelenting

3 definitions found for unrelenting

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unrelenting \Un`re*lent"ing\, a.
     Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. --
     Un`re*lent"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  unrelenting
      adj 1: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
             "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final
             hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty";
             "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of
             parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless,
             stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]
      2: harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter" [syn:
         brutal, unrelenting]
      3: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn:
         persistent, relentless, unrelenting]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  137 Moby Thesaurus words for "unrelenting":
     adamant, adamantine, assiduous, cast-iron, constant, continuing,
     de longue haleine, diligent, dogged, dour, endless, enduring,
     extended, faithful, filled out, firm, flinty, fundamentalist, grim,
     hard, hard-core, hidebound, immovable, immutable, implacable,
     impliable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious,
     inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent,
     invincible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable,
     lasting, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, long-spun, long-winded,
     longiloquent, loyal, merciless, mortal, muscle-bound, never-tiring,
     obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, padded, patient, patient as Job,
     permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting,
     pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, procrustean, prolix,
     protracted, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, rapt, relentless,
     resolute, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed,
     rockbound, ruthless, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging,
     spun-out, stable, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff,
     straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn, talkative, tenacious,
     tireless, unabating, unaffected, unalterable, unappeasable,
     unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unconquerable, undaunted,
     undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging,
     unflinching, ungiving, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmoved,
     unnodding, unrelaxing, unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving,
     untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding,
     utterly attentive, verbose, weariless, windy, wordy