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others' feelings" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "related":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "rutted":{ "as in undulating , wavy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "rutty", "undulating", "undulatory", "wavy", "inexact", "unaligned", "pitted", "pocked", "lopsided", "unbalanced", "knobbly", "knobby", "knurled", "knurly", "nubbly", "nubby", "broken", "bumpy", "coarse", "irregular", "jagged", "lumpy", "pebbly", "ragged", "rough", "roughened", "rugged", "scraggy", "uneven", "burred", "harsh", "sandpapery", "scraggly", "scratchy", "nonuniform" ], "near antonyms":[ "even", "flat", "level", "plane", "smooth", "exact", "uniform", "aligned", "alined", "regular", "true", "horizontal", "tabular", "plumb", "straight", "vertical", "flush" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "rutty":{ "as in rutted , undulating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "rutted", "undulating", "undulatory", "wavy", "inexact", "unaligned", "pitted", "pocked", "lopsided", "unbalanced", "knobbly", "knobby", "knurled", "knurly", "nubbly", "nubby", "broken", "bumpy", "coarse", "irregular", "jagged", "lumpy", "pebbly", "ragged", "rough", "roughened", "rugged", "scraggy", "uneven", "burred", "harsh", "sandpapery", "scraggly", "scratchy", "nonuniform" ], "near antonyms":[ "even", "flat", "level", "plane", "smooth", "exact", "uniform", "aligned", "alined", "regular", "true", "horizontal", "tabular", "plumb", "straight", "vertical", "flush" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ruthlessly":{ "as in mercilessly , callously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly", "abusively", "brutishly", "savagely", "viciously", "aggressively", "assertively", "decidedly", "determinedly", "firmly", "grimly", "gruffly", "resolutely", "strongly", "toughly" ], "near antonyms":[ "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly", "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "mercifully", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "ruthlessness":{ "as in mercilessness , pitilessness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "unfeelingness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "brutality", "cruelness", "cruelty", "fiendishness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "wantonness", "fellness", "ferociousness", "ferocity", "fierceness", "grimness", "bloodlust", "bloodthirstiness", "murderousness", "sanguineness", "sanguinity", "cattiness", "despitefulness", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "maliciousness", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spitefulness", "hardhandedness", "harshness", "heavy-handedness", "oppressiveness" ], "near antonyms":[ "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness", "tenderness", "warmheartedness", "warmness", "warmth", "charitableness", "clemency", "leniency", "mercifulness", "mercy", "pity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ruts":{ "an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{ "examples":[ "I've fallen into a rut , watching television and then going to bed every night" ], "synonyms":[ "drills", "grinds", "grooves", "locksteps", "patterns", "rotes", "routines", "treadmills" ], "near synonyms":[ "daily dozens", "regimens", "housekeepings", "customs", "fashions", "habits", "practices", "practises", "tricks", "wonts", "approaches", "manners", "methods", "procedures", "strategies", "styles", "tacks", "techniques", "ways", "designs", "plans", "programs", "schemes", "conventions", "policies", "traditions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ruthful":{ "as in moving , touching":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affecting", "doleful", "moving", "piteous", "poignant", "touching", "troublesome", "vexatious", "awful", "dire", "dreadful", "fearful", "severe", "terrible", "deplorable", "distressful", "distressing", "grievous", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "lamentable", "regrettable", "tragic", "tragical", "unfortunate", "unlucky", "woeful", "alarming", "disturbing", "perturbing", "traumatic", "unsettling", "crushing", "excruciating", "harrowing", "horrible", "horrifying", "intolerable", "overwhelming", "shocking", "sickening", "unbearable", "miserable", "pitiful", "sad", "wretched", "calamitous", "disastrous", "painful", "raging", "sharp" ], "near antonyms":[ "gratifying", "pleasing", "rewarding", "satisfying", "comforting", "encouraging", "heartening", "cheering", "heartwarming", "inspiring", "fortunate", "happy", "lucky" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in pitying":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pitying", "clement", "lenient", "merciful", "tolerant", "congenial", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "well-disposed", "benevolent", "benignant", "bighearted", "charitable", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "largehearted", "magnanimous", "affectionate", "loving", "considerate", "gentle", "softhearted", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted", "feeling", "perceptive", "sensitive", "commiserative", "compassionate", "empathetic", "empathic", "humane", "sympathetic", "understanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "callous", "cold-blooded", "coldhearted", "hard", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "obdurate", "unfeeling", "unsympathetic", "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "unthinking", "aloof", "cool", "indifferent", "uncaring", "uninterested", "unaffectionate", "unfriendly", "unloving", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "bigoted", "blinkered", "narrow-minded", "small-minded", "brutal", "grim", "hard-bitten", "hard-boiled", "harsh", "oppressive", "rough", "severe", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "unrelenting", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "hostile", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "unkind", "virulent" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }