Qualities
Synonyms for merciless
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
having or showing no mercy
A merciless critic.
The true synonym
unmerciful
Same sentence, swapped: A unmerciful critic.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for merciless as it is used in the sentence above.
- barbaric
- malignant
- ferocious
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