Definitions for merciful

merciful mer·ci·ful

Spelling: [mur-si-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈmɜr sɪ fəl/

Merciful is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in merciful (cefilmru).

Definitions for merciful

adjective

  1. full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate:

Origin of merciful

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at mercy, -ful

Examples for merciful

I'd been so irrationally certain of merciful miracles; he was supposed to live forever.

She will put her hands together and pray you to be merciful.

He was merciful only when you paid for His mercy in advance.

God will bless them, not because they have earned a reward, but because He is merciful and gracious.

She had re-appeared; it was she herself who now sobbed and besought him to be tender and merciful.

Whatever this dreadful secret is, be merciful, and God will bless you!'

Why is Putin feeling so merciful all of a sudden to his political enemies?

All Muslims assert that God is most merciful, most compassionate.

If there be Gods, they are merciful; but thou art a savage and unrelenting monster.

But, after all, fortune was merciful, and I was gone; the Major had summoned me--his brother had come.

Word Value for merciful
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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