- ruthless adj
- When Ruth fell off the motorcycle her boyfriend drove on Ruthlessly.
English expressions. 2014.
English expressions. 2014.
ruthless — [adj] mean, heartless adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog eat dog*, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, hard hearted, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, ironfisted, killer, malevolent, merciless,… … New thesaurus
ruthless — adj. ruthless in (he is ruthless in his methods) * * * [ ruːθlɪs] ruthless in (he is ruthless in his methods) … Combinatory dictionary
ruthless — adj. Ruthless is used with these nouns: ↑character, ↑determination, ↑efficiency, ↑exploitation, ↑killer, ↑murderer, ↑repression, ↑streak, ↑suppression, ↑tyrant … Collocations dictionary
ruthless — [ro͞o′th′lis] adj. [ME reutheles] without ruth; pitiless SYN. CRUEL ruthlessly adv. ruthlessness n … English World dictionary
ruthless — adj merciless, unmerciful, pitiless, unpity ing, compassionless, uncompassionate; relentless, unrelenting, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, unsparing, unforgiving; heartless, unfeeling, cold, stony, steely, inflexible, inclement; hard, harsh … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
ruthless — adj. having no pity or compassion. Derivatives: ruthlessly adv. ruthlessness n. Etymology: ME, f. ruth compassion f. RUE(1) … Useful english dictionary
ruthless — [[t]ru͟ːθləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ in n (disapproval) If you say that someone is ruthless, you mean that you disapprove of them because they are very harsh or cruel, and will do anything that is necessary to achieve what they want. The… … English dictionary
ruthless — ruth|less [ˈru:θləs] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: ruth pity (12 19 centuries), from rue] 1.) so determined to get what you want that you do not care if you have to hurt other people in order to do it ▪ a ruthless dictator ▪ They have shown a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ruthless — ruthlessly, adv. ruthlessness, n. /roohth lis/, adj. without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant. [1300 50; ME; see RUTH, LESS] Syn. unrelenting, adamant, relentless. See cruel. * * * … Universalium
ruthless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. relentless, merciless, inexorable, cruel. See severity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without pity; said of persons ] Syn. pitiless, unpitying, merciless, unmerciful, tigerish, feral, ferine, ferocious … English dictionary for students