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Translate merciful from English to French

Summary

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merciful:
- indulgent; clément; bienveillant; gracieux; miséricordieux; avec bienveillance; compatissant; avec pitié
Wiktionary:
- merciful → miséricordieux, indulgent, sensible
- merciful → bienveillant

English

Detailed Translations for merciful from English to French

merciful:

merciful adj

merciful (charitabel; forgiving; lenient; gracious; clement)
indulgent; clément; bienveillant; gracieux; miséricordieux; avec bienveillance
- indulgent adj
- clément adj
- bienveillant adj
- gracieux adj
- miséricordieux adj
- avec bienveillance adj
merciful (compassionate; piteous)
compatissant; avec pitié
- compatissant adj
- avec pitié adj

Translation Matrix for merciful:

Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	gracious
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
avec bienveillance	charitabel; clement; forgiving; gracious; lenient; merciful	a kind manner; benevolent; friendly; kind; kindly; lenient; obliging; readiness; ready; sympathetic; willing; willingly
avec pitié	compassionate; merciful; piteous
bienveillant	charitabel; clement; forgiving; gracious; lenient; merciful	a kind manner; affectionate; benevolent; cordial; friendly; good-humored; good-humoured; good-tempered; hearty; kind; kindly; kindly disposed; lenient; obliging; readiness; ready; sympathetic; warm; warm-hearted; well-meaning; willing; willingly
clément	charitabel; clement; forgiving; gracious; lenient; merciful	charitable; forgiving; gentle; humane; humanitarian
compatissant	compassionate; merciful; piteous	commiserating; compassionate; emphatitic; pitying; sympathetic; tender hearted
gracieux	charitabel; clement; forgiving; gracious; lenient; merciful	aesthetic; attractive; beloved; calm; charming; cherished; classical; classy; collected; composed; cool; cute; dainty; dear; dinky; elegant; enchanting; entrancing; equanimous; esthetic; glamorous; glamourous; graceful; handsome; in good style; in good taste; lovely; most charming; nice; personable; petite; placid; pretty; refined; slight; smart; snap; sophisticated; stylish; sweet; sweetest; tasteful; with class
indulgent	charitabel; clement; forgiving; gracious; lenient; merciful	a kind manner; accommodating; approachable; complaisant; compliant; emphatitic; flexible; forbearing; forgiving; forward; graciously; lenient; obliging; permissive; pliable; pliant; ready; responsive; servient; simple to operate; submissive; sympathetic; tolerant; tractable; willing; yielding
miséricordieux	charitabel; clement; forgiving; gracious; lenient; merciful	charitable; forgiving; humane; humanitarian

Related Words for "merciful":

unmerciful, mercifully

Synonyms for "merciful":

compassionate; clement; humane; kind; soft
gracious

Antonyms for "merciful":

merciless

Related Definitions for "merciful":

(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious¹
- our merciful king¹
showing or giving mercy¹
- sought merciful treatment for the captives¹
- a merciful god¹

Wiktionary Translations for merciful:

merciful

adjective

showing mercy
- merciful → miséricordieux; indulgent; sensible

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• merciful	→ bienveillant	↔ gnädig — barmherzig, gütiger Gesinnung, Gnade zeigend

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University