Antonyms for unforgiving
ˌʌn fərˈgɪv ɪŋun·for·giv·ing

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1. unforgiving

   Synonyms:
   implacable, vindictive, relentless

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1. unforgivingadjective

   unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy

   "a surly unforgiving old woman"

   Antonyms:
   tolerant, forgiving, kind, placable, unvindictive

   Synonyms:
   relentless, inexorable, stern, unrelenting, grim, unappeasable

2. grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingadjective

   not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

   "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"

   Antonyms:
   kind, tolerant, unvindictive, forgiving, placable

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, downcast, intransigent, brutal, exacting, severe, forbidding, persistent, austere, dismal, dark, sick, disconsolate, black, grisly, low, unrelenting, down in the mouth, stern, blue, unappeasable, gruesome, macabre, downhearted, grim, mordant, stark, dour, adamantine, strict, relentless, sorry, gloomy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, drear, low-spirited, adamant

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1. unforgivingadjective

   Synonyms:
   implacable, irremissive, relentless

How to use unforgiving in a sentence?

1. Danielle Nickerson:

   Words cannot explain how proud of you I am, no matter what the outcome is I will always be in your cornerthis sport is the most unforgiving and brutal.

2. Ron Sexsmith:

   Twitter can be an angry, unforgiving place but Eric's Twitter feed is a force for good.

3. Darren Palmer:

   The customer will be unforgiving of quality issues.

4. Rudyard Kipling:

   If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run— Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And—you'll be a Man, my son!

5. Robert Redford:

   Leaders on both sides lack the fundamental courage to cross political aisles on behalf of what is good for the American people, were at a point in time where I reluctantly believe that we have much to lose -- it is a critical and unforgiving moment.

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