ruthless
without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
Origin of ruthless
1synonym study For ruthless
Other words for ruthless
Other words from ruthless
- ruth·less·ly, adverb
- ruth·less·ness, noun
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How to use ruthless in a sentence
Swift “is a ruthless, publicly capitalist pop star,” concluded Gawker in an article headlined “Taylor Swift Is Not Your Friend.”
The other obvious upshot of this mechanic is that it can tame some of the more ruthless would-be competitors and encourage them to play nice.
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Rotimi And Girlfriend Vanessa Mdee’s Love Story Began At Essence Festival | Jasmine Grant | December 3, 2020 | Essence.com“A Heart of Blood and Ashes” and “A Touch of Stone and Snow” Warrior Maddek captures Yvenne, physically weak but intellectually ruthless, and their resulting political marriage allows both of them the most bloodthirsty revenge.
Win at All Costs is, in effect, a 350-page polemic which argues that the NOP’s transgressions are consistent with a ruthless Nike ethos where the ends always justify the means.
Dickens grew up in a London where child labor was ruthlessly exploited.
She entered into the marriage, but was ruthlessly beaten by her in-laws and her husband.
Legalized Spousal Abuse Is Coming to Afghanistan | Nina Strochlic | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet, while most of us basked in these literary offerings, less generous critics ruthlessly savaged these works.
Hatchet Job of the Year 2014 Shortlist Announced | The Telegraph | January 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Ruthlessly negative about Washington,” is how pollster Neil Newhouse summed up the attitudes of these women.
There, he ruthlessly kills off the small critters of the surrounding wilderness.
This was a hard nut to crack, if his past were not to be ruthlessly severed from Angel's by a word.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonBut before he could proceed any further the little French Judge ruthlessly cut him short.
Uncanny Tales | VariousYou have heard his name—Richard of the Great Cimeter—a terrible emir who slays his captives ruthlessly.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisNow he half expected to be ruthlessly mind-invaded, stripped of everything the enemy desired to know.
Star Born | Andre NortonShe must yield at once, or the law would proceed against her ruthlessly.
A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
British Dictionary definitions for ruthless
/ (ˈruːθlɪs) /
feeling or showing no mercy; hardhearted
Derived forms of ruthless
- ruthlessly, adverb
- ruthlessness, noun
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