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Synonyms for dog-eat-dog
adj viciously competitivecutthroat
adjective. ruthless
merciless
adjective. mean, heartless
- barbarous
- callous
- compassionless
- cruel
- cutthroat
- dog-eat-dog
- fierce
- gratuitous
- grim
- hard
- hardhearted
- harsh
- hatchet job
- having a killer instinct
- implacable
- inexorable
- inhumane
- iron-fisted
- mean machine
- mortal
- pitiless
- relentless
- ruthless
- severe
- unappeasable
- uncalled-for
- unfeeling
- unflinching
- unforgiving
- unmerciful
- unpitying
- unrelenting
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
- unyielding
- wanton
pitiless
adjective. without mercy or care
ruthless
adjective. mean, heartless
- adamant
- barbarous
- brutal
- callous
- cold
- cold-blooded
- cruel
- cutthroat
- dog-eat-dog
- feral
- ferocious
- fierce
- grim
- hard
- hard-hearted
- harsh
- implacable
- inexorable
- inhuman
- ironfisted
- killer
- malevolent
- merciless
- mortal
- obdurate
- pitiless
- rancorous
- relentless
- remorseless
- revengeful
- sadistic
- savage
- severe
- stern
- stony
- surly
- unappeasable
- unfeeling
- unforgiving
- unmerciful
- unrelenting
- unsympathetic
- unyielding
- vicious
- vindictive
- without pity
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