Hellish
Ruthless
Ruthless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Hellish and ruthless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hellish" instead an adjective "Ruthless".
Nearby Words: ruthlessly, ruth
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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While undoubtedly ruthless in his actions, Darkseid is the local God of Evil bent on enslaving the universe, and Apokolips a literally hellish world.
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Sergeant Kexie is both a ruthless and vicious bastard and a competent soldier who respects his troopers after they prove themselves on the hellish battlefield of Gereon.
Source: Literature / Gaunt's Ghosts -
Gone Horribly Right: After three years of ruthless training, so intense and hellish that it made all his hair fall out at the age of 23, Saitama got what he sought: the ability to defeat any foe with one punch.
Source: Webcomic / One-Punch Man
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