ruthless

English

Etymology

From Middle English reuþeles; equivalent to ruth +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːθləs/

Adjective

ruthless (comparative more ruthless, superlative most ruthless)

Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
Antonym: ruthful
- 1725, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope et al., 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

without pity or compassion

Arabic: قَاسٍ (qāsin)
Armenian: անգութ (hy) (angutʿ), դաժան (hy) (dažan)
Basque: errukigabe
Belarusian: бязлі́тасны (bjazlítasny), бязжа́ласлівы (bjazžálaslivy)
Bulgarian: безми́лостен (bg) (bezmílosten), безскру́пулен (bg) (bezskrúpulen)
Catalan: despietat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘忍／残忍 (zh) (cánrěn), 無情／无情 (zh) (wúqíng)
Czech: bezohledný (cs), nemilosrdný (cs)
Danish: skånselløs, skånselsløs
Dutch: onbarmhartig (nl), meedogenloos (nl)
Esperanto: senkompata
Finnish: armoton (fi), säälimätön (fi)
French: impitoyable (fr)
Galician: desapiadado (gl)
Georgian: შეუბრალებელი (šeubralebeli), ულმობელი (ulmobeli)
German: unbarmherzig (de), ruchlos (de)
Greek: αδίστακτος (el) (adístaktos)
Ancient: ἄνοικτος (ánoiktos)
Hungarian: könyörtelen (hu)
Italian: spietato (it), crudele (it)
Japanese: 無情な (ja) (むじょうな, mujō na), 残酷な (ja) (ざんこくな, zankoku na), 無慈悲な (ja) (むじひな, mujihi na)
Khmer: គ្មានមេត្តា (kmiən meittaa)
Korean: 무자비하다 (mujabihada)
Latin: crūdēlis
Macedonian: немилосрден (nemilosrden), безмилосен (bezmilosen)
Maori: ngākau whakawiri
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: харгис хэрцгий (xargis xercgii)

Roman: nȅmilosrdan (sh)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hensynsløs, ubarmhjertig (no)
Occitan: despietadós (oc)
Ottoman Turkish: دینسز (dinsiz)
Polish: bezwzględny (pl), bezpardonowy (pl)
Portuguese: impiedoso
Romanian: nemilos (ro)
Russian: безжа́лостный (ru) (bezžálostnyj), беспоща́дный (ru) (bespoščádnyj), жесто́кий (ru) (žestókij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: не̏милосрдан
Shor: ачынмас
Slovak: bezohľadný, nemilosrdný
Slovene: neusmiljen, trdosrčen
Spanish: despiadado (es)
Swedish: hänsynslös (sv), skoningslös (sv), obarmhärtig (sv)
Thai: เหี้ยม (th) (hîiam)
Turkish: acımasız (tr)
Ukrainian: безжа́лісний (uk) (bezžálisnyj), безжа́льний (uk) (bezžálʹnyj), безпоща́дний (uk) (bezpoščádnyj)
Vietnamese: tàn nhẫn (vi)

Anagrams

Selhurst, hurtless, hustlers, sluthers

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