Obdurate and Pitiless

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Obdurate adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

Usage example: the obdurate refusal of the crotchety old man to let the neighborhood kids retrieve their stray ball from his backyard

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Pitiless is a synonym for obdurate. In some cases you can use "Pitiless" instead an adjective "Obdurate".

Nearby Words: obduracy, obdurately

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

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Obdurate is a synonym for pitiless in without mercy or care topic. Sometimes you can use "Obdurate" instead an adjective "Pitiless".

Nearby Words: pitiful, pitilessly, pitifully

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