unforgiving (adj.)

  1. unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; a surly unforgiving old woman'

  2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; grim determination; grim necessity; Russias final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty; relentless persecution; the stern demands of parenthood

    [ Syn: grim , inexorable , relentless , stern , unappeasable , unrelenting ]

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