ruthless

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• /ˈɹuːθləs/
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu Old English hrēow Middle English rewe Middle English -the Old Norse hrygðinflu. Middle English reuþe Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les Middle English reuþeles English ruthless From Middle English reuþeles; equivalent to ruth + -less.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَاسٍ (qāsin) — without pity or compassion
• Armenian: անգութ (angutʻ) — without pity or compassion
• Armenian: դաժան (dažan) — without pity or compassion
• Basque: errukigabe — without pity or compassion
• Belarusian: бязлі́тасны (bjazlítasny) — without pity or compassion
• Belarusian: бязжа́ласлівы (bjazžálaslivy) — without pity or compassion
• Bulgarian: безми́лостен (bezmílosten) — without pity or compassion
• Bulgarian: безскру́пулен (bezskrúpulen) — without pity or compassion
• Catalan: despietat — without pity or compassion
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘忍 /残忍 (cánrěn) — without pity or compassion
• Chinese Mandarin: 無情 /无情 (wúqíng) — without pity or compassion
• Czech: bezohledný — without pity or compassion
• Czech: nemilosrdný — without pity or compassion
• Danish: skånselløs — without pity or compassion
• Danish: skånselsløs — without pity or compassion
• Dutch: onbarmhartig — without pity or compassion
• Dutch: meedogenloos — without pity or compassion
• Esperanto: senkompata — without pity or compassion
• Finnish: armoton — without pity or compassion
• Finnish: säälimätön — without pity or compassion
• French: impitoyable — without pity or compassion
• Galician: desapiadado — without pity or compassion
• Georgian: შეუბრალებელი (šeubralebeli) — without pity or compassion
• Georgian: ულმობელი (ulmobeli) — without pity or compassion
• German: unbarmherzig — without pity or compassion
• German: ruchlos — without pity or compassion
• German: gnadenlos — without pity or compassion
• Greek: αδίστακτος (adístaktos) — without pity or compassion
• Ancient Greek: ἄνοικτος (ánoiktos) — without pity or compassion
• Hindi: क्रूर (krūr) — without pity or compassion
• Hindi: निर्दयी (nirdayī) — without pity or compassion
• Hindi: निष्ठुर (niṣṭhur) — without pity or compassion
• Hungarian: könyörtelen — without pity or compassion
• Italian: spietato — without pity or compassion
• Italian: crudele — without pity or compassion
• Japanese: 無情な (mujō na) — without pity or compassion
• Japanese: 残酷な (zankoku na) — without pity or compassion
• Japanese: 無慈悲な (mujihi na) — without pity or compassion
• Kazakh: мейірімсіз (meiırımsız) — without pity or compassion
• Khmer: គ្មានមេត្តា (kmiən meittaa) — without pity or compassion
• Korean: 무자비하다 (mujabihada) — without pity or compassion
• Latin: crūdēlis — without pity or compassion
• Lithuanian: negailestingas — without pity or compassion
• Macedonian: немилосрден (nemilosrden) — without pity or compassion
• Macedonian: безмилосен (bezmilosen) — without pity or compassion
• Māori: ngākau whakawiri — without pity or compassion
• Mongolian: харгис хэрцгий (xargis xercgii) — without pity or compassion
• Norwegian Bokmål: hensynsløs — without pity or compassion
• Norwegian Bokmål: ubarmhjertig — without pity or compassion
• Occitan: despietadós — without pity or compassion
• Polish: bezwzględny — without pity or compassion
• Polish: bezpardonowy — without pity or compassion
• Portuguese: impiedoso — without pity or compassion
• Romanian: nemilos — without pity or compassion
• Russian: безжа́лостный (bezžálostnyj) — without pity or compassion
• Russian: беспоща́дный (bespoščádnyj) — without pity or compassion
• Russian: жесто́кий (žestókij) — without pity or compassion
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏милосрдан — without pity or compassion
• Shor: ачынмас — without pity or compassion
• Slovak: bezohľadný — without pity or compassion
• Slovak: nemilosrdný — without pity or compassion
• Slovene: neusmiljen — without pity or compassion
• Slovene: trdosrčen — without pity or compassion
• Spanish: despiadado — without pity or compassion
• Swedish: hänsynslös — without pity or compassion
• Swedish: skoningslös — without pity or compassion
• Swedish: obarmhärtig — without pity or compassion
• Thai: เหี้ยม (hîiam) — without pity or compassion
• Turkish: acımasız — without pity or compassion
• Ottoman Turkish: دینسز (dinsiz) — without pity or compassion
• Ukrainian: безжа́лісний (bezžálisnyj) — without pity or compassion
• Ukrainian: безжа́льний (bezžálʹnyj) — without pity or compassion
• Ukrainian: безпоща́дний (bezpoščádnyj) — without pity or compassion
• Vietnamese: tàn nhẫn — without pity or compassion