ruthless

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹuːθləs/

Adjective

ruthless

1. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.

   Antonyms: ruthful

   • 1725, Alexander Pope et al. (translators), Homer (author), The Odyssey of Homer, Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10 ↗:

     At length their rage the hoſtile Pow’rs reſtrain, / All but the ruthleſs Monarch of the Main.

Related terms

• ruthlessness

Translations

• French: impitoyable
• German: unbarmherzig, ruchlos
• Italian: spietato, crudele
• Portuguese: impiedoso
• Russian: безжа́лостный
• Spanish: despiadado

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