Ruthless vs Flagrant - What's the difference?
ruthless | flagrant | Related terms |
Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
* 1725 , , Volume I, Bernard Lintot,
Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
* 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
(archaic) On fire, flaming.
Ruthless is a related term of flagrant.
As adjectives the difference between ruthless and flagrant
is that ruthless is without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless while flagrant is obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous or flagrant can be (obsolete).ruthless
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Adjective
(wikipedia ruthless) (en adjective)page 10:
- At length their rage the ho?tile Pow’rs re?train, / All but the ruthle?s Monarch of the Main.
Anagrams
*flagrant
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Alternative forms
* flagraunt (qualifier)Etymology 1
From (etyl) flagrant, from (etyl) flagrantem, present participle of . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)- It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more flagrant instances of tyranny and oppression.