| Main Entry: | dog-eat-dog |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viciously competitive |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, brutal, competitive, cutthroat, every person for themselves, fierce, merciless, ruthless, unmerciful, vicious, voracious, without mercy |
| Main Entry: | competitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to oppose |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, competing, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, emulous, killer instinct, killer*, opposing, rival, streetwise, vying |
Antonyms: |
noncompetitive, unambitious |
| Main Entry: | cutthroat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruthless |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, bloodthirsty, cruel, dog-eat-dog, ferocious, hard as nails, merciless, pitiless, relentless, savage, unprincipled, vicious |
| Main Entry: | merciless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, callous, compassionless, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, fierce, gratuitous, grim, hard, hardhearted, harsh, hatchet job, having a killer instinct, implacable, inexorable, inhumane, iron-fisted, mean machine, mortal, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, unappeasable, uncalled-for, unfeeling, unflinching, unforgiving, unmerciful, unpitying, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, unyielding, wanton |
Antonyms: |
giving, kind, merciful, nice, sparing, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | pitiless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without mercy or care |
Synonyms: |
austere, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold*, coldblooded, coldhearted, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, frigid, hardhearted, harsh, hatchetjob, heartless, implacable, indifferent, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, insensible, killer instinct, mean, merciless, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, satanic, savage, soulless, stony |
Antonyms: |
charitable, kind, merciful, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
Synonyms: |
adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, ironfisted, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unappeasable, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, without pity |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
ruthless, breme, cruel, dowelless, fell, harsh, inclement, incompassionate, inexorable, merciless, pitiless, uncompassionate, unmerciful, unpitying, unrelenting
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