Hard and Pitiless

Hard

Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: a hard man, who never had a kind word for anyone

Pitiless is a synonym for hard in harsh topic. In some cases you can use "Pitiless" instead an adjective "Hard", when it comes to topics like cruel, strict, ruthless.

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Pitiless

Pitiless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking

Hard is a synonym for pitiless in ruthless topic. You can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Pitiless".

Nearby Words: pitiful, pitilessly, pitifully

Both words in one sentence

  • Automaton Horses This is further inverted the next day when Lewis points out that the horse would have been capable of a good deal more hard riding if he had a pitiless spur-wearing rider.
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