'Ruthlessness' definitions:
Definition of 'ruthlessness'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Ruthlessness'
From: GCIDE
- Ruthless \Ruth"less\, a. Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless. [1913 Webster]
- Their rage the hostile bands restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. --Pope. [1913 Webster] -- {Ruth"less*ly}, adv. -- {Ruth"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ruthlessness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animality,
- atrociousness,
- barbarity,
- barbarousness,
- beastliness,
- bestiality,
- bloodiness,
- bloodlust,
- bloodthirst,
- bloodthirstiness,
- bloody-mindedness,
- brutality,
- brutalness,
- brutishness,
- cannibalism,
- cruelness,
- cruelty,
- ferociousness,
- ferocity,
- fiendishness,
- fierceness,
- flintiness,
- hardness,
- harshness,
- heartlessness,
- inclemency,
- inexorableness,
- inhumaneness,
- inhumanity,
- mercilessness,
- pitilessness,
- relentlessness,
- remorselessness,
- sadism,
- sadistic cruelty,
- sanguineousness,
- savagery,
- short shrift,
- tender mercies,
- truculence,
- uncompassionateness,
- unfeelingness,
- unforgivingness,
- unmercifulness,
- unremorsefulness,
- unsympatheticness,
- unyieldingness,
- vandalism,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- wanton cruelty