merciful

  • 11merciful — mer|ci|ful [ mɜrsıfl ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) showing kindness toward someone, even when other people might punish or be cruel to them: our merciful Lord 2. ) something that is merciful makes you feel grateful and lucky because it… …

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  • 12merciful — adjective 1 merciful death/end/release a death that seems fortunate because it ends someone s suffering or difficulty: The final whistle came as a merciful relief. 2 being kind to people and forgiving them rather than punishing them or being… …

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  • 13merciful — adjective 1) God is merciful Syn: forgiving, compassionate, clement, pitying, forbearing, lenient, humane, mild, kind, softhearted, tenderhearted, gracious, sympathetic, humanitarian, liberal, tolerant, indulgent …

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  • 14merciful — UK [ˈmɜː(r)sɪf(ə)l] / US [ˈmɜrsɪf(ə)l] adjective mainly literary 1) showing kindness towards someone, even when other people might punish or be cruel to them our merciful Lord 2) something that is merciful makes you feel grateful and lucky… …

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  • 15merciful — adjective Date: 14th century full of mercy ; compassionate < a merciful ruler >; also providing relief < a merciful end > • mercifulness noun …

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  • 16merciful — mercifully, adv. mercifulness, n. /merr si feuhl/, adj. full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God. [1250 1300; ME; see MERCY, FUL] Syn. kind, clement, lenient, forgiving, benignant, tender,&#8230; …

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  • 17merciful — adjective showing mercy The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence. Ant: merciless, cruel …

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  • 18merciful — adjective showing mercy. ↘coming as a mercy: her death was a merciful release. Derivatives mercifulness noun …

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  • 19merciful — [ˈmɜːsɪf(ə)l] adj 1) showing kindness, even when other people are unkind 2) making you feel grateful and lucky by ending something that is bad a merciful and painless death[/ex] …

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  • 20Merciful Nuns — Жанры готик рок Годы с 2009 Страна …

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