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säälimätön — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hardened adj Made physically hard or tough, often through a deliberate process.
  • merciless adj Showing no mercy at all; cruel and unforgiving.
  • relentless adjective Continuing without pause or weakening; unyielding.
  • ruthless adj Showing no pity or mercy; willing to act harshly to get what one wants.

Senses

säälimätön is used for these senses in English:

  • dog eat dog (informal) Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people.
  • hardened Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.
  • merciless Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
  • relentless Unrelenting or unyielding in severity.
  • ruthless Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.

hardened — full definition

  1. adj Made physically hard or tough, often through a deliberate process.
  2. adj Used to describe someone who has become numb to something unpleasant through repeated exposure, especially a habitual criminal or a person shaped by tough experience.

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