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"word": "անգութ"
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{
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
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},
{
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "殘忍"
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "無情"
},
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
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{
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezohledný"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "nemilosrdný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "skånselløs"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "skånselsløs"
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "onbarmhartig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "meedogenloos"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "senkompata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "armoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "säälimätön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "impitoyable"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "desapiadado"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "შეუბრალებელი"
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ულმობელი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "unbarmherzig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ruchlos"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "αδίστακτος"
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ἄνοικτος"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "könyörtelen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "spietato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "crudele"
},
{
"alt": "むじょうな",
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"roman": "mujō na",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "無情な"
},
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"alt": "ざんこくな",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "残酷な"
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "無慈悲な"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kmiən meittaa",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "គ្មានមេត្តា"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mujabihada",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "무자비하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "crūdēlis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nemilosrden",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "немилосрден"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bezmilosen",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безмилосен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ngākau whakawiri"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xargis xercgii",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "hensynsløs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ubarmhjertig"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "despietadós"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dinsiz",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "دینسز"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezwzględny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezpardonowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "impiedoso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "nemilos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezžálostnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безжа́лостный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoščádnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "беспоща́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žestókij",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "жесто́кий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "не̏милосрдан"
},
{
"code": "cjs",
"lang": "Shor",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ачынмас"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezohľadný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "nemilosrdný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "neusmiljen"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "trdosrčen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "despiadado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "hänsynslös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "skoningslös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "obarmhärtig"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hîiam",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "เหี้ยม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "acımasız"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezžálisnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безжа́лісний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezžálʹnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безжа́льний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezpoščádnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безпоща́дний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "tàn nhẫn"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈɹuːθləs/"
}
],
"word": "ruthless"
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"text": "At length their rage the hoſtile Pow’rs reſtrain, / All but the ruthleſs Monarch of the Main.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless."
],
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"pitiless"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qāsin",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "قَاسٍ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "angutʿ",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "անգութ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dažan",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "դաժան"
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{
"code": "eu",
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"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "errukigabe"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "bjazlítasny",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "бязлі́тасны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjazžálaslivy",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "бязжа́ласлівы"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezmílosten",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безми́лостен"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezskrúpulen",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безскру́пулен"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "despietat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "殘忍"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cánrěn",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "残忍"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "無情"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúqíng",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "无情"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezohledný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "nemilosrdný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "skånselløs"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "skånselsløs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "onbarmhartig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "meedogenloos"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "senkompata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "armoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "säälimätön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "impitoyable"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "desapiadado"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeubralebeli",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "შეუბრალებელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ulmobeli",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ულმობელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "unbarmherzig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ruchlos"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adístaktos",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "αδίστακτος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ánoiktos",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ἄνοικτος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "könyörtelen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "spietato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "crudele"
},
{
"alt": "むじょうな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mujō na",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "無情な"
},
{
"alt": "ざんこくな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zankoku na",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "残酷な"
},
{
"alt": "むじひな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mujihi na",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "無慈悲な"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kmiən meittaa",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "គ្មានមេត្តា"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mujabihada",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "무자비하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "crūdēlis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nemilosrden",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "немилосрден"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bezmilosen",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безмилосен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ngākau whakawiri"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xargis xercgii",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "харгис хэрцгий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "nȅmilosrdan"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "hensynsløs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ubarmhjertig"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "despietadós"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dinsiz",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "دینسز"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezwzględny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezpardonowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "impiedoso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "nemilos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezžálostnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безжа́лостный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoščádnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "беспоща́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žestókij",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "жесто́кий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "не̏милосрдан"
},
{
"code": "cjs",
"lang": "Shor",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "ачынмас"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "bezohľadný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "nemilosrdný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "neusmiljen"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "trdosrčen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "despiadado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "hänsynslös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "skoningslös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "obarmhärtig"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hîiam",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "เหี้ยม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "acımasız"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezžálisnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безжа́лісний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezžálʹnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безжа́льний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezpoščádnyj",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "безпоща́дний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "without pity or compassion",
"word": "tàn nhẫn"
}
],
"word": "ruthless"
}
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