English-Thai Dictionary

merciful

ADJ เปี่ยม ด้วย ความเมตตา  เต็มไปด้วย ความเมตตา  มี ความกรุณา ปรา ณี  รู้สึก เมตตา  รู้สึก เห็นใจ  pitying kind kindly merciless cruel unkind piam-duai-med-ta

 

mercifully

ADV อย่าง เมตตา  yang-med-ta

 

mercifulness

N ความเมตตา  kwam-med-ta

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MERCIFUL

a.[from mercy. ] Having or exercising mercy; compassionate; tender; disposed to pity offenders and to forgive their offenses; unwilling to punish for injuries; applied appropriately to the Supreme being. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus 34:6.
1. Compassionate; tender; unwilling to give pain; not cruel. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast.

 

MERCIFULLY

adv. With compassion or pity; tenderly; mildly.

 

MERCIFULNESS

n.Tenderness towards offenders; willingness to forbear punishment; readiness to forgive.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MERCIFUL

Mer "ci *ful, a. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

merciful

mer ci ful |ˈmərsifəl ˈmərsəfəl | ▶adjective showing or exercising mercy: it was the will of a merciful God that all should be saved. • (of an event ) coming as a mercy; bringing someone relief from something unpleasant: her death was a merciful release. DERIVATIVES mer ci ful ness noun

 

mercifully

mer ci ful ly |ˈmərsif (ə )lē ˈmərsəfəli | ▶adverb 1 in a merciful manner. 2 to one's great relief; fortunately: [ sentence adverb ] : mercifully, I was able to complete all I had to do within a few days.

 

Oxford Dictionary

merciful

mer ¦ci |ful |ˈməːsɪfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective showing or exercising mercy: William did not believe in being merciful to those who fought against him. • (of an event ) coming as a mercy; bringing someone relief from something unpleasant: her death was a merciful release. DERIVATIVES mercifulness noun

 

mercifully

mer ¦ci |ful ¦ly |ˈməːsɪfʊli, -f (ə )li | ▶adverb 1 in a merciful manner. 2 [ sentence adverb ] to one's great relief; fortunately: mercifully, the event passed off without incident.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

merciful

merciful adjective 1 God is merciful: forgiving, compassionate, clement, pitying, forbearing, lenient, humane, mild, kind, softhearted, tenderhearted, gracious, sympathetic, humanitarian, liberal, tolerant, indulgent, generous, magnanimous, benign, benevolent. ANTONYMS cruel. 2 a merciful silence fell: welcome, blessed. PHRASES be merciful to the judge was inclined to be merciful to first offenders: have mercy on, have pity on, show mercy to, spare, pardon, forgive, be lenient to; informal go /be easy on, let off.

 

mercifully

mercifully adverb mercifully, everyone escaped unharmed: luckily, fortunately, happily, thank goodness, thank God, thank heavens.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

merciful

merciful adjective 1 she pleads for Titus to be merciful and spare her son: forgiving, compassionate, gracious, lenient, clement, pitying, forbearing, humane, mild, soft-hearted, tender-hearted, kind, kindly, sympathetic; patient, humanitarian, liberal, easy-going, permissive, tolerant, indulgent, generous, magnanimous, beneficent, benign, benignant, benevolent. ANTONYMS merciless, cruel. 2 her death came as a merciful release: welcome, blessed, acceptable. PHRASES be merciful to show mercy to, have mercy on, have pity on, spare, pardon, forgive, let off, be lenient on /to, deal leniently with; informal go /be easy on.

 

mercifully

mercifully adverb mercifully, the event passed off without incident: luckily, fortunately, happily, thank goodness /God /heavens.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

merciful

mer ci ful /mə́ː r sɪf (ə )l /→mercy 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈神 人 行為などが 〉 «…に » 慈悲深い, 情け深い «to , toward » ▸ a merciful God 慈悲深い神 2 〈出来事が 〉 (問題 苦悩などを終わらせて )幸いをもたらす ▸ a merciful death 安楽死 ▸ His death was a merciful release .彼は亡くなって苦しみから解放された ～ly 副詞 慈悲深く ; 〖文修飾 〗幸運にも .～ness 名詞