ruthless Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite without mercy or pity
    unpitying; remorseless; pitiless.
    • an act of ruthless ferocity
    • a monster of remorseless cruelty

WordNet


Ruth"less adjective
Definitions
  1. Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.
    Their rage the hostile bands restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. Pope.
    -- Ruth"less*ly, adv. -- Ruth"less*ness, n.

Webster 1913