merciful

English

Etymology

From Middle English merciful, mercyful, equivalent to mercy +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)

showing mercy
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
  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.

Synonyms

ruthful

Antonyms

Derived terms

mercifulness

Translations

showing mercy

Arabic: رَحِيم‎ (raḥīm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 仁慈 (zh) (réncí), 慈悲的 (zh) (cíbēi-de)
Dutch: barmhartig (nl), genadig (nl)
Finnish: armelias, armollinen (fi)
French: miséricordieux (fr) m, indulgent (fr) m, sensible (fr) f
Georgian: გულმოწყალე (gulmoc̣q̇ale), სათნო (satno)
German: gnädig (de), barmherzig (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
Italian: misericordioso (it) m, misericordiosa f
Japanese: 慈悲深い (ja) (じひぶかい, jihibukai), 慈愛深い (じあいぶかい, jiaibukai)
Latgalian: žieleigs

Latvian: žēlīgs
Maori: whakaaroha
Norman: mînséthicordieux
Ottoman Turkish: رحیم‎
Polish: miłosierny (pl)
Portuguese: misericordioso (pt)
Russian: милосе́рдный (ru) (milosérdnyj), ми́лостивый (ru) (mílostivyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tròcaireach,cneasta,truacanta
Spanish: misericordioso (es) m, misericordiosa (es) f
Swedish: nådig (sv)
Tok Pisin: marimari
Turkish: merhamet (tr), rahman (tr), rahim (tr)
Yiddish: רחמנותדיק‎ (rakhmonesdik)

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