Dictionary Entry
merciful
merciful is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
- 2adjective
Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
- 3adjective
(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
"our merciful king"
- 4adjective
showing or giving mercy
"sought merciful treatment for the captives"
"a merciful god"
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