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Ruthless vs Spiteful - What's the difference?

ruthless | spiteful |

As adjectives the difference between ruthless and spiteful

is that ruthless is without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless while spiteful is filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious.

ruthless

English

Adjective

(wikipedia ruthless) (en adjective)
  • Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
  • * 1725 , , Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
    • At length their rage the ho?tile Pow’rs re?train, / All but the ruthle?s Monarch of the Main.

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    spiteful

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * spightful (obsolete) * spightfull (obsolete) * spitefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious

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