ruthless

English

From Middle English reuþeles; equivalent to ruth +‎ -less.

ruthless (comparative more ruthless, superlative most ruthless)

Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
- 1725, Alexander Pope et al. (translators), Homer (author), The Odyssey of Homer, Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
  At length their rage the hoſtile Pow’rs reſtrain, / All but the ruthleſs Monarch of the Main.

without pity or compassion

Italian: spietato (it), crudele (it)
Japanese: 無慈悲な (mujihina)
Khmer: គ្មានមេត្តា (kmean mettea)
Macedonian: немилосрден m (nemilósrden), безмилосен m (bezmílosen)
Maori: ngākau whakawiri
Mongolian: харгис хэрцгий (hargis hertsgij)
Norwegian: hensynsløs, ubarmhjertig (no)
Polish: bezwzględny (pl) m
Portuguese: impiedoso
Russian: безжа́лостный (ru) (bezžálostnyj), беспоща́дный (ru) (bespoščádnyj), жесто́кий (ru) (žestókij)
Shor: ачынмас
Spanish: despiadado (es)
Swedish: hänsynslös (sv), skoningslös (sv), obarmhärtig (sv)
Thai: เหี้ยม (H̄eī̂ym)
Turkish: acımasız (tr)
Vietnamese: tàn nhẫn (vi)

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