What does Ruthless mean?
Definitions for Ruthless
ˈruθ lɪsruth·less
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Princeton's WordNet
pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpityingadjective
without mercy or pity
"an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"
Wiktionary
ruthlessadjective
Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ruthlessadjective
Cruel; pitiless; uncompassionate; barbarous.
Etymology: from ruth.
What is Edward but a ruthless sea?
What Clarence but a quicksand of deceit? William Shakespeare.The ruthless flint doth cut my tender feet;
And when I start, the cruel people laugh. William Shakespeare.His archers circle me; my reins they wound,
And ruthless shed my gall upon the ground. George Sandys.Their rage the hostile powers restrain,
All but the ruthless monarch of the main. Alexander Pope.To ruthless deeds, blind rage, and fell revenge,
Their fervid spirits fires. James Thomson, Summer.
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ruthless
Ruthless refers to a person or action that shows no mercy, pity, compassion or sympathy, often characterized by harshness, cruelty, or relentlessness in pursuing their goals, regardless of the harm or suffering it may cause others.
Webster Dictionary
Ruthlessadjective
having no ruth; cruel; pitiless
Wikidata
Ruthless
Ruthless is a drama film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Zachary Scott and Louis Hayward.
Rap Dictionary
ruthlessadjective
Tough, hard, stopping at nothing. "Drop him in his tracks so hip that I am ruthless" - Eazy-E (It's on Dr. Dre 187 um killa)
ruthlessadjective
Ruthless Records is Eazy-E's record company.
Anagrams for Ruthless »
hurtless
hustlers
sluthers
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Ruthless in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Ruthless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Ruthless in a Sentence
He may be ruthless, he may be a murderer. He may be someone who, in many respects, we would say by our standards is irrational. But he is not insane.
Well, Whoopi, there’s no question that the Holocaust was about race. That’s how the Nazis saw it as they perpetrated the systematic annihilation of the Jewish people across continents, across countries with deliberate and ruthless cruelty, you see, Hitler’s ideology, the Third Reich, was predicated on the idea that the Aryans, the Germans, were a ‘master race,’ and the Jews were a subhuman race. It was racialized antisemitism.
I thought my coming might give a sense of unity in the city ; that we can disagree on cases and on policies but that we are united that the senseless and ruthless killing of officers like your son must be denounced, it is clear though after reading several articles that some union leaders and some others want to turn Al Sharpton and Al Sharpton pastor’s noble efforts into some kind of confrontation or sideshow.
This was a tragic and ruthless killing. It was a senseless killing.
There's no question that the Holocaust was about race. That's how the Nazis saw it as they perpetrated the systematic annihilation of the Jewish people across continents, across countries, with deliberate and ruthless cruelty.
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- قاسArabic
- безмилостенBulgarian
- bezohlednýCzech
- skånselsløs, skånselløsDanish
- ruchlos, unbarmherzigGerman
- αδίστακτοςGreek
- senkompataEsperanto
- despiadadoSpanish
- بی رحمPersian
- armoton, säälimätönFinnish
- impitoyableFrench
- neamhthrócaireachIrish
- desapiadadoGalician
- क्रूरHindi
- könyörtelenHungarian
- kejamIndonesian
- spietatoItalian
- חסר רחמיםHebrew
- 冷酷Japanese
- ನಿರ್ದಯKannada
- 무자비한Korean
- torrente propaginem fortiumLatin
- немилосрден, безмилосенMacedonian
- onbarmhartig, medogenloosDutch
- ubarmhjertig, hensynsløsNorwegian
- bezwzględnyPolish
- impiedosoPortuguese
- nemilosRomanian
- жестокий, безжалостный, беспощадныйRussian
- hänsynslös, obarmhärtig, skoningslösSwedish
- இரக்கமற்றTamil
- క్రూరమైనTelugu
- โหดเหี้ยมThai
- acımasızTurkish
- بے رحمUrdu
- tàn nhẫnVietnamese
- גרויזאַםYiddish
- 無情Chinese
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