ruthlessadjective
uk/ˈruːθ.ləs/us/ˈruːθ.ləs/C2 not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel:
ruthless ambition
a ruthless dictator
Some people believe that to succeed in this world you have to be ruthless.
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Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- insensible
- malign
- pitiless
- remorseless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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ruthlessly
adverb uk/ˈruːθ.ləs.li/us/ˈruːθ.ləs.li/
She ruthlessly pursued her ambition, letting nothing get in her way.
ruthlessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈruːθ.ləs.nəs/us/ˈruːθ.ləs.nəs/