- 1(of an unpleasant situation) not stopping or becoming less severe synonym relentless unrelenting pressure The heat was unrelenting.
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- 2if a person is unrelenting, they continue with something without considering the feelings of other people synonym relentless He was unrelenting in his search for the truth about his father.
adverb The rain beat unrelentingly down. Her face remained unrelentingly severe.See unrelenting in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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