Definitions for ruthless
ˈruθ lɪsruth·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpityingadjective

   without mercy or pity

   "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ruthlessadjective

   Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruthlessadjective

   having no ruth; cruel; pitiless

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Ruthless

   Ruthless is a drama film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Zachary Scott and Louis Hayward.

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1. 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)

2. ruthlessadjective

   Ruthless Records is Eazy-E's record company.

Anagrams for ruthless »

1. hurtless

2. hustlers

3. sluthers

How to pronounce ruthless?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruthless in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruthless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ruthless in a Sentence

1. Metropolitan Police:

   We are going to turn all those stones over, we’re going to come to the right conclusions and we’ll be ruthless about rooting out those who corrupt our integrity. You have my absolute assurance on that.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   [Russia has] a reputation of being utterly ruthless. You don't want to mess with Boris, if this turns out to be an attack on a Russian airliner, they're going to have either their deterrent is going to be diminished, or they're going to have a furious response, which could incidentally help us, cause it would be against ISIS.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   He was a ruthless dictator who had blood on his hands.

4. Herrera Beutler:

   A ruthless mob that uses violence to stop the Constitutionally-mandated counting of electoral votes is an attack on the U.S. Constitution itself. The President either wanted the mob he helped mobilize to take these steps, or he didn't care enough about his job responsibilities to try to stop them as they hunted down his Vice President and beat Capitol police officers; either way, it's impeachable. Let the political chips fall where they may.

5. The United:

   The American military has handed our ruthless enemy defeat after defeat, but it will go on for years, if not decades, before this curse has been eradicated.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ruthless
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ruthless
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ruthless
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruthless
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ruthless