Ruthless
WordNet
adjective
(1) Without mercy or pity
"An act of ruthless ferocity"
"A monster of remorseless cruelty"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- 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.
- 1725, Alexander Pope et al. (translators), Homer (author), The Odyssey of Homer, Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10: