ruthless

US: /ˈɹuθɫəs/
UK: /ɹˈuːθləs/


English Vietnamese dictionary


ruthless /'ru:θlis/
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Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
(disapproving) (of people or their behaviour) hard and cruel; determined to get what you want and not caring if you hurt other people: a ruthless dictator + The way she behaved towards him was utterly ruthless. + He has a ruthless determination to succeed. + We'll have to be ruthless if we want to make this company more efficient.
ruthlessly adverb: I have to be ruthlessly honest with you.
ruthlessness noun [U]

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
pitiless, unpitying, cruel, unsympathetic, merciless, unmerciful, harsh, fierce, remorseless, uncompassionate, vicious, savage, ferocious, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling, tough, severe, heartless, inhuman, brutal, brutish, unrelenting, relentless, Chiefly US and Canadian mean:
The jail houses some of the country's most ruthless criminals. In all of history there was no more ruthless a tyrant.

Concise English dictionary


'ruːθlɪs
adj.
+without mercy or pity