Ruthful

//ˈɹuːθ.fʊl//

Synonyms for "ruthful" (36 found)

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Translations

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Finnish

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  • säälittävä adj (causing pity; piteous)
  • säälivä adj (full of ruth or pity)

Spanish

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  • afligido adj (full of sorrow; sorrowful)
  • triste adj (full of sorrow; sorrowful)

Sample sentences

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An if it please thee! why, assure thee, Lucius, / 'Twill vex thy soul to hear what I shall speak; / For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres, / Acts of black night, abominable deeds, / Complots of mischief, treason, villainies, / Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd:

Source: wiktionary

When last this ruthful month was come, / And in Linlithgow’s holy dome / The King, as wont, was praying; [...]

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Then he bestowed robes of honour on the nurses wet and dry and said to them, "Be ye ruthful over them and rear them after the goodliest fashion."

Source: wiktionary

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