Merciful
adjective
Showing kindness and forgiveness to others, especially those who have done wrong.
She showed a merciful attitude towards the thief who stole her purse.
Often appears as...
- merciful death
- merciful god
adjective
Causing little pain or discomfort, having a mild nature.
It was a mercifully quick and painless medical procedure.
Often appears as...
- mercifully quick
- mercifully short
adjective
Showing kindness and forgiveness to others, especially those who have done wrong.
She showed a merciful attitude towards the thief who stole her purse.
Often appears as...
- merciful death
- merciful god
adjective
Causing little pain or discomfort, having a mild nature.
It was a mercifully quick and painless medical procedure.
Often appears as...
- mercifully quick
- mercifully short
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Kindness in Action
Use 'merciful' to describe someone's actions that prevent further suffering of others.
The judge was merciful and reduced the sentence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just for Humans
'Merciful' can describe actions of institutions or entities, not just individual people.
The government's merciful policy provided relief for the victims.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Superiority
'Merciful' often carries a connotation of someone being in a position of power or moral high ground.
Despite the betrayal, she was merciful to her friend.
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benevolentcaringcompassionateforgivegracioushumanelenientsympatheticunderstand
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Naif Al-Mutawa:...
and there's also the kind, the generous. I'm like, are all the girls going to be kind and merciful and the guys all strong? I'm like, you know what, I've met a few girls who were destroyers in my lifetime, so We have Jami from Hungary, who first starts making He's the technology wiz. Musawwira from Ghana,
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It's OK to feel...
And then I just allow to come through my hand whatever, if you could imagine the most loving, compassionate, merciful voice in the world, if they were in the room with you, what would you want them to say? And you say that to yourself. And so for me, that usually is a combination of these sorts of
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
up the day around I think that they are now going to have to become a major part of our safari lives show because they really are a regular character always around and mercifully unliked in ghana one of our other regular characters they actually
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What Islam really says...
I was treated the same, the same was expected of me. I was never taught that God judged differently based on gender. And my parents' understanding of God as a merciful and beneficial friend and provider shaped the way I looked at the world.
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How urban spaces can...
and you don't have a sense of blackness at all. The Brookes map, which was an image that helped abolitionists see and be merciful for that condition of the crossing, is something that we want to repeat. And I was taken by the conceptuality
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My 105 Days in Taliban...
But again, I was one of the lucky ones. Ultimately, being a captive reminded me of a time when I was helpless and needed a voice. Now that I'm released, I have my voice back, and, mercifully, it puts me in a position where I can advocate
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What baby boomers can...
In that moment, Chip knew he was in deep ship. I had no idea what he was talking about. I just sat there awkwardly, and mercifully, he moved on to someone else. I slid down in my chair, and I couldn't wait for that meeting to end.
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Why Libya's revolution...
do so socio-politically according to a Quranic verse Salam peace is the word of the old merciful God Rahim in turn the word Rahim which is known in all the brahmic traditions has the same root in
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Lesley Hazleton: A...
and only if they attack you first. And even then -- God is merciful; forgiveness is supreme -- and so, essentially, better if you don't.
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
What can you do? What can you do? What can we do? How might we build a more merciful country? We, the greatest inventors in the world,
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Naif Al-Mutawa:...
and there's also the kind, the generous. I'm like, are all the girls going to be kind and merciful and the guys all strong? I'm like, you know what, I've met a few girls who were destroyers in my lifetime, so We have Jami from Hungary, who first starts making He's the technology wiz. Musawwira from Ghana,
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
And then I just allow to come through my hand whatever, if you could imagine the most loving, compassionate, merciful voice in the world, if they were in the room with you, what would you want them to say? And you say that to yourself. And so for me, that usually is a combination of these sorts of
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
up the day around I think that they are now going to have to become a major part of our safari lives show because they really are a regular character always around and mercifully unliked in ghana one of our other regular characters they actually
Video examples
What Islam really says...
I was treated the same, the same was expected of me. I was never taught that God judged differently based on gender. And my parents' understanding of God as a merciful and beneficial friend and provider shaped the way I looked at the world.
Video examples
How urban spaces can...
and you don't have a sense of blackness at all. The Brookes map, which was an image that helped abolitionists see and be merciful for that condition of the crossing, is something that we want to repeat. And I was taken by the conceptuality
Video examples
My 105 Days in Taliban...
But again, I was one of the lucky ones. Ultimately, being a captive reminded me of a time when I was helpless and needed a voice. Now that I'm released, I have my voice back, and, mercifully, it puts me in a position where I can advocate
Video examples
What baby boomers can...
In that moment, Chip knew he was in deep ship. I had no idea what he was talking about. I just sat there awkwardly, and mercifully, he moved on to someone else. I slid down in my chair, and I couldn't wait for that meeting to end.
Video examples
Why Libya's revolution...
do so socio-politically according to a Quranic verse Salam peace is the word of the old merciful God Rahim in turn the word Rahim which is known in all the brahmic traditions has the same root in
Video examples
Lesley Hazleton: A...
and only if they attack you first. And even then -- God is merciful; forgiveness is supreme -- and so, essentially, better if you don't.
Video examples
Anand Giridharadas: A...
What can you do? What can you do? What can we do? How might we build a more merciful country? We, the greatest inventors in the world,
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Quote examples
Harvey Fierstein
American Actor
You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very clear realization that international anarchy must be abandoned if civilization was to survive.
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George Mason
American Statesman
Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them.
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Anna Jameson
British Writer
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.
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Chilon
Greek Poet
When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
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Jesus Christ
Leader
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Quote examples
Harvey Fierstein
American Actor
You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
Quote examples
George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very clear realization that international anarchy must be abandoned if civilization was to survive.
Quote examples
George Mason
American Statesman
Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them.
Quote examples
Anna Jameson
British Writer
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.
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Chilon
Greek Poet
When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
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Jesus Christ
Leader
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
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