ruthless

Speech parts

1. ruthless - Adjective

2. ruthless - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

remorseless pitiless savage brutal cruel relentless cold-blooded barbarous merciless inexorable unfeeling unforgiving heartless unsparing uncompassionate
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Antonyms

clement meek beneficent humane kind understanding
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Related terms

ruthlessly ruthlessness

Phrases with the word

ruthless clearance of populace ruthless totalitarian ruthless someone

Anagrams

hurtless Selhurst

Examples

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him. Robert F. Kennedy

Now I can go back to being ruthless again. Robert F. Kennedy

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure. Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Are gods more ruthless than mortals? Have they no mercy for youth? no love for the souls who have loved them? Charles Kingsley

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it. Charlie Chaplin

Failure on the other hand is infectious. The world is full of charming failures (for all charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others) and unless the writer is quite ruthless with these amiable footlers, they will drag him down with them. Cyril Connolly

Close letter words and terms

Ruthian Ruthie Ruthin ruthless clearance of populace ruthless someone ruthless totalitarian