Ruthlessness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ruthlessness
       n 1: mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity [syn: {pitilessness}]
       2: feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: {cruelty}, {mercilessness},
           {pitilessness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruthlessness":
     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