MERCIFUL

merciful

(adjective) (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; “our merciful king”

merciful

(adjective) showing or giving mercy; “sought merciful treatment for the captives”; “a merciful god”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)

showing mercy

Synonyms

• ruthful

Antonyms

• merciless

• cruel

Anagrams

• crimeful

Source: Wiktionary

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Mer"ci*ful, a. Etym: [Mercy + -ful.]

1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6. Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. Shak.

2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. Old Proverb.

Syn.

– Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant.

– Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv.

– Mer"ci*ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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