Abusive
Ruthless
Ruthless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: an office supervisor with a ruthless disregard for others' feelings
Abusive and ruthless are semantically related in cruel topic. Sometimes you can use "Abusive" instead an adjective "Ruthless", if it concerns topics such as ferocious, aggressive.
Nearby Words: ruthlessly, ruth
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He sees anything he considers "weak" as worthless, and is exceptionally abusive and ruthless towards Pokèmon and humans alike.
- Regina's abusive and ruthless mother Cora is a Composite Character of the Miller's daughter and the Queen of Hearts.
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The Shadow Dragon Cult in Lunar: Eternal Blue kidnaps children and puts them through hellish and abusive training in Shadow Dragon Karate, according to their leader's belief that to forge someone into a great martial artist, you must teach them to be cruel and ruthless.
Source: Thug Dojo
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