About The Word Merciful

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Merciful

Merciful Meaning & Definition
Merciful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Merciful?

[adj] used conventionally of royalty and high nobility; "our merciful king"
[adj] characterized by mercy, and compassion; "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge"
[adj] showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Merciful: compassionate | gracious | humane | kind

Related Terms | Find terms related to Merciful: accepting | all-knowing | all-powerful | all-seeing | all-wise | almighty | beneficent | benign | benignant | big | bleeding | boundless | changeless | charitable | clement | commiserative | compassionate | condolent | considerate | creating | creative | easy | easygoing | eternal | eternally the same | everlasting | forbearant | forbearing | forgiving | generous | gentle | glorious | good | gracious | hallowed | highest | holy | human | humane | immortal | immutable | indulgent | infinite | just | kind | kindly | lax | lenient | liberal | limitless | loving | luminous | magnanimous | majestic | making | melting | mild | moderate | numinous | omnipotent | omnipresent | omniscient | one | patient | permanent | perpetual | pitiful | pitying | radiant | ruth | ruthful | sacred | shaping | soft | softhearted | sovereign | sparing | supreme | sympathetic | sympathizing | tender | tenderhearted | thoughtful | timeless | tolerant | ubiquitous | unbounded | unchanging | undefined | understanding | unlimited | warmhearted

See Also | clement | soft

Merciful In Webster's Dictionary

\Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.] 1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex. xxxiv. 6. Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. --Shak. 2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old Proverb. Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant. -- {Mer"ci*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mer"ci*ful*ness}, n.

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