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
See Examples of RELENTLESS
- Her relentless optimism held the team together.
- The hunter was relentless in pursuit of his prey.
- a relentless opponent of deregulation
First Known Use of RELENTLESS
circa 1592
Related to RELENTLESS
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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