ruthful

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Solskjær’s side are too ruthful in attack and defence, but can offset these weaknesses by dominating opponents in midfield.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2020

This duty once I promis'd to myself Thou shouldst perform to me; but ah! false hope, Now ruthful, wretched king, what resteth thee?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

Sweet Almeda, pity the ruthful plight Of Callapine, the son of Bajazeth, Born to be monarch of the western world, Yet here detain'd by cruel Tamburlaine.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Marlowe, Christopher

Robin, at the twilight dim, Never let thine evening hymn, Bird of red and ruthful breast, Lend the bishop's Port a zest.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

And he maketh a ruthful noise and ghastful, when one proffereth to fight with another: and unneth is hurt when he is thrown down off an high place.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert