relentlessness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɹɪˈlɛntləsnəs/
Etymology
Etymology tree English relentless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English relentlessness From relentless + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being relentless.
The more I learned about transkids, the more I grilled you, every day. I'm ashamed of my relentlessness, but I had to know. “Why do you want to be a boy?” “I don't know.”
2012, Rachel Pepper, Transitions of the Heart:
Translations (13)
nl vasthoudendheid (condition of being relentless) · de Unnachgiebigkeit (condition of being relentless) · pl bezustanność (condition of being relentless) · fi heltymättömyys (condition of being relentless) · fi säälimättömyys (condition of being relentless) · cmn 堅持不懈 /坚持不懈 (condition of being relentless) · fr acharnement (condition of being relentless) · pl zacięcie (condition of being relentless) · ga aindiúid (condition of being relentless) · nb uforsonlighet (condition of being relentless) · de Unerbittlichkeit (condition of being relentless) · ro inexorabilitate (condition of being relentless) · fi periksiantamattomuus (condition of being relentless)