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ruthful

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1 as in moving, touching

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for ruthful

affecting,
doleful,
moving,
piteous,
poignant,
touching

troublesome,
vexatious

awful,
dire,
dreadful,
fearful,
severe,
terrible

deplorable,
distressful,
distressing,
grievous,
heartbreaking,
heartrending,
lamentable,
regrettable,
tragic
(also tragical),
unfortunate,
unlucky,
woeful

alarming,
disturbing,
perturbing,
traumatic,
unsettling

crushing,
excruciating,
harrowing,
horrible,
horrifying,
intolerable,
overwhelming,
shocking,
sickening,
unbearable

miserable,
pitiful,
sad,
wretched

calamitous,
disastrous

painful,
raging,
sharp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for ruthful

gratifying,
pleasing,
rewarding,
satisfying

comforting,
encouraging,
heartening

cheering,
heartwarming,
inspiring

fortunate,
happy,
lucky

2 as in pitying

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for ruthful

pitying

clement,
lenient,
merciful,
tolerant

congenial,
cordial,
friendly,
genial,
good-natured,
good-tempered,
gracious,
well-disposed

benevolent,
benignant,
bighearted,
charitable,
kind,
kindhearted,
kindly,
largehearted,
magnanimous

affectionate,
loving

considerate,
gentle,
softhearted,
tender,
tenderhearted,
warm,
warmhearted

feeling,
perceptive,
sensitive

commiserative,
compassionate,
empathetic,
empathic,
humane,
sympathetic,
understanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for ruthful

callous,
cold-blooded,
coldhearted,
hard,
hard-hearted,
heartless,
inhuman,
inhumane,
insensate,
obdurate,
unfeeling,
unsympathetic

inconsiderate,
insensitive,
thoughtless,
unthinking

aloof,
cool,
indifferent,
uncaring,
uninterested

unaffectionate,
unfriendly,
unloving

merciless,
pitiless,
ruthless

bigoted,
blinkered,
narrow-minded,
small-minded

brutal,
grim,
hard-bitten,
hard-boiled,
harsh,
oppressive,
rough,
severe,
stern,
tough,
ungentle,
unrelenting

abusive,
acrimonious,
disagreeable,
hateful,
hostile,
ill-natured,
ill-tempered,
malevolent,
malicious,
mean,
rancorous,
spiteful,
surly,
unkind,
virulent

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