merciful

Speech parts

1. merciful - Adjective

2. merciful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

clement humane kind mild tender gracious compassionate benignant beneficent christlike good liberal understanding easy soft
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Antonyms

merciless stern remorseless severe brutal cruel
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Phrases with the word

be merciful be merciful to becoming merciful merciful person become merciful merciful escape

Anagrams

crimeful

Examples

Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, "You are a saint," the other, "You won't be saved." Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins. Silouan the Athonite

The saints were people like all of us. Many of them came out of great sins, but by repentance they attained the Kingdom of Heaven. And everyone who comes there comes through repentance, which the merciful Lord has given us through His sufferings. Silouan the Athonite

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. H. P. Lovecraft

The merciful do not engage in war, and the righteous do not engage in finances. Chinese Proverb

It is he who got milk that is merciful. Kikuyu Proverb

If you are merciful to the antelope, you go to bed hungry. Tshi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Mercier Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve mercification merciful escape merciful person mercifull