English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle English reuþeles ; equivalent to ruth + -less .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Adjective [ edit ]
ruthless (comparative more ruthless , superlative most ruthless )
Without pity or compassion ; cruel , pitiless .
Antonym: ruthful
Related terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
without pity or compassion
Arabic: قَاسٍ ( qāsin )
Armenian: անգութ (hy) ( angutʻ ) , 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)
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