Canadian English Meaning of merciful

merciful

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Definitions and Meaning of merciful in English

Wordnet

merciful (a)

showing or giving mercy

Wordnet

merciful (s)

(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious

Webster

merciful (a.)

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.

FAQs About the word merciful

merciful

showing or giving mercy, (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) graciousFull of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offend

benevolent,compassionate,forgiving,generous,gentle,gracious,kind,kindly,lenient,patient

grim,harsh,merciless,pitiless,ruthless,severe,stern,tough,unsentimental,brutal

mercies => Mercies, merciable => merciful, merchant-venturer => merchant-venturer, merchantry => Trade, merchantmen => merchants,