unrelenting
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un·re·lent·ing
(ŭn′rĭ-lĕn′tĭng)adj.
1. Having or exhibiting uncompromising determination; unyielding: an unrelenting human rights worker.
2. Not diminishing in intensity, pace, or effort: an unrelenting ice storm.
un′re·lent′ing·ly adv.
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unrelenting
(ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ)adj
1. refusing to relent or take pity; relentless; merciless
2. not diminishing in determination, speed, effort, force, etc
ˌunreˈlentingly adv
ˌunreˈlentingness n
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un•re•lent•ing
(ˌʌn rɪˈlɛn tɪŋ)adj.
1. not relenting; not swerving in determination or resolution; inflexible.
2. not easing or slackening, as in intensity, speed, or vigor.
[1580–90]
un`re•lent′ing•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | unrelenting - 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" implacable - incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" |
2. | unrelenting - harsh; "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" | |
3. | unrelenting - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters" |
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unrelenting
adjective
1. merciless, tough, ruthless, relentless, cruel, stern, inexorable, implacable, intransigent, remorseless, pitiless, unsparing in the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism
2. steady, constant, continuous, endless, perpetual, continual, unbroken, incessant, unabated, ceaseless, unremitting, unwavering an unrelenting downpour of rain
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unrelenting
adjectiveFirmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:
adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unyielding.
Idiom: stubborn as a mule.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unrelenting
[ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adj (= relentless) [person, criticism, pursuit, thoroughness] → implacable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unrelenting
adj pressure → unablässig; opposition → unerbittlich; violence, criticism, pain → unvermindert, anhaltend; determination → hartnäckig; pace, severity → unvermindert; attack, struggle → unerbittlich, unvermindert; rain → anhaltend attr, → nicht nachlassend attr; (= not merciful) person, heat → unbarmherzig; we must be unrelenting in our struggle → wir müssen unablässig weiterkämpfen; they kept up an unrelenting attack → sie führten den Angriff mit unverminderter Stärke durch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
unrelenting
[ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ] adj (rain, heat) → incessante; (activity) → senza tregua; (attack) → che non dà tregua; (hatred) → irriducibile, implacabile; (person) → spietato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995