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  • 61John IV — (1403 1427)    John IV acquired the title of duke of Brabant following the death of his father Duke Anthony at the Battle of Agin court (25 October 1415). Dull witted and indolent, he married (1413) his beautiful and brilliant cousin Jacqueline,… …

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  • 62brutal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cruel, inhuman; crude, coarse. See malevolence, discourtesy. Ant., gentle, kind. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Cruel] Syn. pitiless, harsh, unmerciful; see cruel 1 , 2 . 2. [Crude] Syn. coarse,… …

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  • 63hard-hearted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cruel, pitiless, ruthless, merciless, uncompassionate, callous, unsympathetic, tough, hard as nails (inf.). See insensibility. Ant., warm or softhearted. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cold,… …

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  • 64merciful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compassionate; lenient. See leniency, pity. Ant., merciless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Giving evidence of mercy] Syn. lenient, clement, feeling, compassionate, pitiful, soft hearted, mild, sparing …

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  • 65remorseless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impenitent, hardened, callous, obdurate; hard, cold, ruthless. See impenitence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking remorse as a quality of character] Syn. shameless, hardened, obdurate, pitiless,… …

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  • 66ruthless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. relentless, merciless, inexorable, cruel. See severity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without pity; said of persons ] Syn. pitiless, unpitying, merciless, unmerciful, tigerish, feral, ferine, ferocious …

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  • 67severe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. austerity, serious, earnest; rigorous, trying; harsh, strict; sharp, distressing, extreme. See severity, importance, adversity. Ant., relaxed, laissez faire. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stern] Syn.… …

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  • 68Pitilessness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pitilessness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pitilessness pitilessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 inclemency inclemency Sgm: N 1 severity severity &c. 739 Sgm: N 1 malevolence malevolence &c. 907 PARAG:Pitilessness & …

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  • 69Revenge — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Revenge >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 revenge revenge revengement Sgm: N 1 vengeance vengeance Sgm: N 1 avengement avengement avengeance| sweet revenge vendetta death feud blood for blood retaliation &c. 718 …

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  • 70pity — pit|y1 S3 [ˈpıti] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: pité, from Latin pietas piety, pity , from pius; PIOUS] 1.) a pity spoken used to show that you are disappointed about something and you wish things could happen differently = ↑shame (it …

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