Synonyms for ruthless
ˈruθ lɪsruth·less

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1. ruthless

   Synonyms:
   unpitying, unrelenting, truculent, unsparing

   Antonyms:
   tender, regretful, lenient, compassionate, forbearing, long-suffering

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1. pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpityingadjective

   without mercy or pity

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

   Synonyms:
   unpitying, remorseless, pitiless, unkind

   Antonyms:
   merciful

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1. ruthlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   merciless, pitiless, cruel, uncompassionate, unpitying, unmerciful, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, barbarous, fell, savage, ferocious, inhuman, hard-hearted

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1. ruthlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   pitiless, cruel, truculent, relentless, implacable, fell, hard-hearted

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1. List of paraphrases for "ruthless":

   merciless, unscrupulous, relentless, unforgiving, implacable, pitiless, callous, unmerciful, cruel, brutal, heartless, reckless, unrelenting, vicious, savage, stone-cold, cut-throat, wild, inexorable

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1. 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.

2. Dorothy Parker:

   I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

3. President Trump:

   A ruthless gang that has violated our borders and transformed once-peaceful neighborhoods into blood-stained killing fields, horrible people by the way.

4. Marco Rubio:

   He is reckless, he's ruthless, he has a penchant for escalation, for taking high risks, confrontational in his foreign policy approach and I think increasingly willing to test the limits of what he can get away with the United States.

5. Constantino Chiwenga:

   It is a ruthless juggernaut that leaves a trail of despair and desperation.