Ruthless
Ruthless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Threatening and ruthless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Ruthless".
Nearby Words: ruthlessly, ruth
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Ruthless and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ruthless" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Though doesn't prevent him from being quite ruthless and fond of taking hostages, threatening children.
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A ruthless and intelligent man, he spends much of the film threatening, flattering and cajoling to bring the ministries into line.
Source: Film / Conspiracy - Just to give you an idea of how insanely dangerous Roanapur is, they are depicted as the least threatening faction (even the Italians are more ruthless).
Source: The Cartel
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