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Adjectives (6)
merciful
adj. (forgiving)
merciful
adj. (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king"
merciful
adj. showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"
lenient
adj. characterized by tolerance and mercy
kind, compassionate
adj. characterized by mercy, and compassion: "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge"
Fuzzynyms (27)
good, benevolent
adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
kindly, sympathetic
adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
sympathetic
adj. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"
charitable
adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"
altruistic, selfless
adj. showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
big, large, magnanimous
adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"
compassionate, concerned
adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
tolerant, lenient
adj. showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
tolerant, lenient
adj. showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
lenient, soft, lax, indulgent
adj. tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
easy
adj. posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"
informal
adj. used of spoken and written language
tender, sore, hurting, sensitive
adj. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
Synonyms (17)
kind, tolerant, forbearing
adj. tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"
unvindictive
adj. not vindictive
cordial
adj. sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"
elegant, refined, graceful
adj. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
urbane
adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
clement
adj. (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence"
compassionate
adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
humane
adj. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering
kind
adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"
soft
adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"
humanitarian, human-centered
adj. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
painless
adj. with as little pain as possible; "a humane killing"
Antonyms (7)
unmerciful, merciless
adj. having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpitying
adj. without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"
uncharitable
adj. lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade
merciful
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