Merciful

Pronunciation

Origin

mercy + -ful

Full definition of merciful

Adjective

1. showing mercy
• 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, , 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.

Antonyms

• merciless
• cruel

Anagrams

• crimeful