Antonyms for mercifulness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mur-si-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr sɪ fəl

Definition of mercifulness

Origin : mid-14c.; see mercy + -ful. Related: Mercifully.

noun grace

Example sentences :

But there was no compassion, no mercifulness in their faces as they looked down at her.
Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb

The brutality with which he spoke was so unnatural that it betrayed the mercifulness of his intention.
Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham

The coroner then congratulates the parents on the “mercifulness” of the jury.
Extract from : « Some Conditions of Child Life in England » by Benjamin Waugh

He will rule the world by mercifulness when we forgive each other, but not before.
Extract from : « Serbia in Light and Darkness » by Nikolaj Velimirovic

They regarded humility and mercifulness as the greatest virtues.
Extract from : « Serbia in Light and Darkness » by Nikolaj Velimirovic

And so with men, with or without their will, their mercifulness overpowers their logic.
Extract from : « On Compromise » by John Morley

And not their mercifulness only, but all their good impulses overpower their logic.
Extract from : « On Compromise » by John Morley

The mass of examples of Lincoln's leniency, mercifulness, and lack of rigor, lead one to believe he could not be inexorable.
Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams

Inquisitorial procedure was a miserable travesty of justice; and its mercifulness was forthcoming only on its own terms.
Extract from : « Medival Heresy and the Inquisition » by A. S. Turberville

But gradually all mercifulness, all-pity, went out, and the fires which remained were not good to see.
Extract from : « The Penalty » by Gouverneur Morris

Synonyms for mercifulness

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