FabSwingers.com forum: Word Me This: Ruthless

By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

How is it that "ruthless" is a commonly used word but the antonym "ruth" is rarely used?

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

A feeling of pity, distress or grief.

I guess we use those words instead.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a girlfriend called Ruth....She's gone now, so now I'm Ruthless.

Sorry, that was a bit shit

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"A feeling of pity, distress or grief.

I guess we use those words instead. "

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Agreed.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

This prompted me to have a look at the root of the word ruthless. Apparently the antonym is "ruthful" from the base word "rue".

For some reason I always assumed it had something to do with the biblical Ruth and meant that a ruthless person was unlike her. Which just goes to show exactly how little I know

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I had a girlfriend called Ruth....She's gone now, so now I'm Ruthless.

Sorry, that was a bit shit

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Because ruth isn't a word ?

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Someone got mad because someone else nicked his roof ...hence roofless

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Someone got mad because someone else nicked his roof ...hence roofless

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"This prompted me to have a look at the root of the word ruthless. Apparently the antonym is "ruthful" from the base word "rue".

For some reason I always assumed it had something to do with the biblical Ruth and meant that a ruthless person was unlike her. Which just goes to show exactly how little I know

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You're supposed to be the font of all knowledge! But that was an interesting edification.

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