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adjective
- 1. showing or exercising mercy: "William did not believe in being merciful to those who fought against him" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of MERCIFUL is full of mercy : compassionate; also : providing relief. How to use merciful in a sentence.
Use the adjective merciful to describe someone who has compassion for other people, especially when he is in a position to punish them or treat them harshly. If you're caught cheating on a math test, your best hope is that your teacher will be merciful, or that she will forgive you for what you've done.
Merciful means showing or giving kindness and forgiveness to people, or being a good thing that stops someone's suffering or discomfort. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of merciful from Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of merciful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Merciful means showing kindness and forgiveness instead of harshness or cruelty, especially to someone under one's authority or control. Find 120 similar and opposite words for merciful, such as patient, benevolent, compassionate, and merciless.
Define merciful. merciful synonyms, merciful pronunciation, merciful translation, English dictionary definition of merciful. adj. Full of mercy; compassionate: sought merciful treatment for the captives. mer′ci·ful·ly adv. mer′ci·ful·ness n.
Merciful means showing kindness and forgiveness to people or stopping someone's suffering or discomfort. Learn more about this word, its synonyms, collocations, and translations with Collins Dictionary.
