ruthless

English

Etymology

ruth +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːθləs/

Adjective

Wikipedia

ruthless ‎(comparative more ruthless, superlative most ruthless)

1. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
   • 1725, Alexander Pope et al. (translators), Homer (author), 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.

Translations

without pity or compassion

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: безмилостен (bg) m ‎(bezmílosten), безскрупулен (bg) ‎(bezskrupulen)
• Catalan: despietat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘忍, 残忍 (zh) ‎(cánrěn), 無情 (zh), 无情 (zh) ‎(wúqíng)

• Czech: bezohledný m
• Danish: skånselløs, skånselsløs
• Dutch: onbarmhartig (nl), meedogenloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senkompata
• Finnish: armoton (fi), säälimätön (fi)
• French: impitoyable (fr) m, f
• Galician: desapiadado (gl)
• Georgian: შეუბრალებელი ‎(šeubralebeli), ულმობელი ‎(ulmobeli)
• German: unbarmherzig (de), ruchlos (de)
• Greek: αδίστακτος (el) ‎(adístaktos)
• Hungarian: könyörtelen (hu)

• Italian: spietato (it), crudele (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: немилосрден m ‎(nemilósrden), безмилосен m ‎(bezmílosen)
• Maori: ngākau whakawiri
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: hensynsløs, ubarmhjertig (no)
• Polish: bezwzględny (pl) m
• Portuguese: impiedoso
• Russian: безжа́лостный (ru) ‎(bezžálostnyj), беспоща́дный (ru) ‎(bespoščádnyj), жесто́кий (ru) ‎(žestókij)
• Shor: ачынмас
• Spanish: despiadado (es)
• Swedish: hänsynslös (sv), skoningslös (sv), obarmhärtig
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: acımasız (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• hurtless, hustlers, sluthers