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Unforgiving

adjective

Unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy.

Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unrelenting. "Grim necessity" , "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty" , "Relentless persecution" , "The stern demands of parenthood"

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"Unforgiving" Quotes from Famous Books

... had known that author. He had a kind heart. He has changed even the unforgiving cherubim in the Genesis story to those King's men who try in such a friendly way to restore Humpty-Dumpty. But the story can't let them. That would leave the hero back on his wall again—like some Greek philosopher. ...

— The Crow's Nest • Clarence Day, Jr.

... had never known her to be unkind, uncharitable, unforgiving; he had never known her to be insincere, untruthful, or envious. But the decalogue is no stronger than its weakest link. Was it in the heart of such a woman—this woman he loved—was it in the heart of this ...

— The Common Law • Robert W. Chambers

... I have a reason of my own for wondering at it.' No, you would not guess, from his way of writing, that he had ever thought of this Miss (what's her name?) for himself. He very handsomely hopes they will be happy together; and there is nothing very unforgiving in ...

— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... burst of tears that she put it down. "Oh, mother, mother!" she cried to herself, "how can you be so unkind, so unjust, so unforgiving? He is the best man in the world, and yet you have the heart ...

— Brooke's Daughter - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... deferential behaviour. George's hostility was strengthened by the friendship between Fox and the Prince of Wales. The prince's habits were dissolute and extravagant; he was an undutiful son, and the king a somewhat unforgiving father. He violently espoused the cause of the coalition, and George is said to have called the government "my son's ministry". It was time to provide him with a separate establishment, and Fox promised ...

— The Political History of England - Vol. X. • William Hunt

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